Luncheon with books Feb 21

Friends of the Library will sponsor Luncheon with Books at the Jennie Stephens Smith Library in New Albany on Tuesday, February 21. A light lunch will be provided by the New Albany Mother’s Club beginning at 11:30AM.

In keeping with President’s Day in February, Linda Everett will discuss T.H. Breen’s book George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation. Author T.H. Breen gives an account of George Washington’s journeys to each of the 13 new states during his first term as President.

These were difficult travels in an open carriage over terrible roads in all kinds of weather. Washington wanted the Americans to feel like a nation not a loose collection of states. In this book we see the country through Washington’s eyes and understand why he is truly a Founding Father.