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Save the date! Join us at the  Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan on Sunday, June 9, beginning at 1 PM, for an historical afternoon to commemorate the War of 1812. 

The afternoon will include:

• Captain David Harrison, the Commanding Officer of the Earle Naval Weapons Station will lead off the afternoon with his talk, The U.S. Navy and the War of 1812.
• The Imperial Brass, a 28-piece brass ensemble, will play a concert of rousing patriotic music.
• Amanda Grafton, a soprano, will join the ensemble to sing our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.
• Living historians will display artifacts of the War and will be available to answer questions about the War of 1812.
• William White, author of Our Flag Was Still There, will sign books and tell us how the Star-Spangled Banner came to be.
• Special guests, First Lady Dolley Madison and Francis Scott Key will be here for photos and conversation.

Watch our preview video above. Learn more about the Forgotten War and join us at the Library on June 9! 

The final tally is in! The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties reports that the 2013 Monmouth County Food Drive (which includes the Library's Food For Fines) collected 20,448 pounds of food during the month of April. That's more than 10 tons!

Thanks to everyone who donated to the Library's Food for Fines program!  All the food donations will go to support the more than 200 charities that the FoodBank serves. 

The Library's highly successful Food for Fines program first ran in 2006 as a way to commemorate National Library Week. In just one week in April 2011, the Library collected more than six tons of food items for local food pantries.

"The Library's Food For Fines program began seven years ago as a most useful and active way to commemorate National Library Week," said Freeholder Lillian Burry, liaison to the Library. "The Library's resounding success in 2011 served as the inspiration for last year's county-wide Food Drive to benefit the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties."

In 2012, in conjunction with other Monmouth County departments as part of National County Government Month, the Library expanded its Food for Fines program for the entire month of April. The month-long food drive last year brought in a total of more than 11 tons of food throughout the county. The Library continued its month-long Food for Fines drive again this year.