Friday, Mar 19, 2010
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 19, 2010
CONTACT: Donna Davis, (864) 461-2828
Celebrate National Reading Month at Cowpens National Battlefield on March 28
On Sunday, March 28 between 2:30 and 4:00, Cowpens National Battlefield will celebrate National Reading Month by having the Children’s Librarian from the Chesnee Branch of the Spartanburg County Library reading aloud behind the Visitor Center. The librarian will read selections from several biographies that are available for purchase from the bookstore at Cowpens National Battlefield or for loan from the library.
Cowpens National Battlefield and the Chesnee Branch Library have formed a partnership in which once a month a park ranger visits, reads during Wednesday morning Storytime at 10:30 and then donates the book to the library. The library, in turn, is sending a librarian to the battlefield to read to the public or to help with children’s activities during special events.
The Chesnee Branch of the Spartanburg County Library is located at 100 Library Street, Chesnee, SC. The phone number is (864) 461-2423. The Chesnee Library is one of ten units in the Spartanburg County Library system.
Cowpens National Battlefield is located at the intersection of SC Highways 110 and 11, three miles east of Chesnee, SC. The National Battlefield is one of nearly 400 National Park areas in the United States that protect and preserve the country’s great natural, cultural and historic heritage. The park protects and preserves the Revolutionary War battlefield where General Daniel Morgan defeated the British under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The park is open 362 days per year from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and includes a Visitor Center, battlefield trail, nature trail, picnic area, as well as a log cabin dating from 1828. The park is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Days.
For more information, visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/cowp, or call (864) 461-2828 or (864) 461-2423.
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