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May Happenings
You Are Invited! Friends of the Franklin Library will hold our 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, June 10th at 7:00 pm at the Library. At our Annual Meeting, we will review our past year’s activities and finances, discuss pending business, and elect members for our Board of Directors. If you would like to learn more about getting involved with the Friends, including if you are interested in joining our Board, please join us on Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 pm at our May Board Meeting and/or email fofl02038@gmail.com for more information. New Friends are always welcome!
Great News -- Additional Passes Are Now Available for The Butterfly Place! Passes to The Butterfly Place in Westford, MA are one of the most popular passes available through the Library’s Museum Passes program. The Friends were delighted to purchase additional passes for Franklin residents to enjoy. The Butterfly Place, open through October 13, 2025, is an indoor garden filled with hundreds of freely flying butterflies and is a treat for all ages! Check out their website www.butterflyplace-ma.com to plan your visit. And remember, these passes are for Franklin Residents Only.
Congratulations, Liana! Liana Warnakulasooriya was the 2024 recipient of the Friends of the Franklin Library Scholarship in Memory of Wilma Winters. We recently had the pleasure of presenting Liana with her scholarship check for $1,000. Liana is completing her first year at Northeastern University where she is studying Computer Science and Business. In her scholarship essay, Liana wrote about finding her voice through public speaking. In addition to her studies, Liana participates in several clubs and continues to hone her public speaking skills as a member of Northeastern Mock Trial. The Friends wish Liana all the very best in her studies, activities, and beyond!
Limited-Edition Gift Book: The members of the Franklin Library Association told their story and the crucial history of the Town of Franklin and its library in a limited-edition book published in 2022. The Franklin Library Association: Building the Future of the Nation’s First Public Library 1858-2022 tells the whole story of the library but especially highlights the role of the Franklin
Library Association and the visionary philanthropists who funded and managed the library for the benefit of the public for more than a century. (The library eventually became a town department in the 1980s.) Do you love reading and learning about local history? If so, be sure to visit the Gift Book tab for more information on obtaining a copy of
this limited-edition gift book.
