SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Lincoln Library is celebrating its 140th birthday Monday.Â
The celebration will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Carnegie North. The public is encouraged to stop by at any point during the day.Â
Guests will enjoy cake, the opening of the 1976 cornerstone time capsule, and a continuously looped slideshow on history of the library.Â
Springfield Public Library was established by city council in 1886. In 1904, a new building funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was opened, and the institution became known as Lincoln Library.Â
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