Join Chilli Bear around town for a Scavenger Hunt through some of Chillicothe’s local businesses. Start at the library to pick up your score card to keep track of where you’ve been and where you still need to go. Then you will be ready to embark on your journey! The locations for the Scavenger Hunt Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”

Chillicothe Public Library strives to be a point of clarity and a provider of accurate information. Science has shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and everyone over the age of 12 is able to receive one of the three approved vaccine options. If you still need to be vaccinated, we will be hosting Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”

“Freedom’s Eve,” January 1, 1863, came after the Emancipation proclamation address by Abraham Lincoln, which freed enslaved people in the United States. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when the remaining enslaved black Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”