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The Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library, formerly the Silver Spring Library, is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries System. It opened to the public in 1931 and is currently located at 900 Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. The library is named for Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who had lived in Montgomery County.
In 1945 the Maryland Legislature passed the State Library Law which provided matching state funds for County library systems, based on a County's population. [5] On May 31, 1950, the Montgomery County Council passed the County Library Law of 1950, which created a Department of Public Libraries administered by a professional librarian and ...
They began operating with limited hours at the new location on January 4, 2010, and had their grand opening in April 2010 with full hours, including Saturday. The library has also changed its name to "North Wales Area Library" upon its move. It is part of the Montgomery County Library System.
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Over 1,000 Montgomery County residents attended Clarksville- Montgomery County Library's Nashville ZooVenture at the Downtown Commons on Friday, June 14, 2024. “It feels great to have that many ...
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Since its opening, the library has been dedicated to creating a community center for lifetime learning. FLS is a charter member of Access Pennsylvania, which allows patrons to use any participating Pennsylvania library, as well as a charter member of MCLINC, a consortium of libraries providing online, public access to Montgomery County library ...
The library started with 1,200 items inside the Conroe School Recreation Center in 1946. It was originally maintained by a women's group known as the HUB Club. In 1948 the library became a branch of the Montgomery County government, with an allocated budget of US$25,000. The first librarian was Katherine Ard.