Garden Club Celebrates Presidents’ Day

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SURF CITY – The Garden Club of LBI’s Youth Garden Club met on February 15 at the Surf City Library to make flower arrangements to take home in honor of President’s Day.

President’s Day was established in 1971 as the third Monday in February and combined the February 12 and February 22 birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington respectively. This year would have been George Washington’s 291st birthday.

The young floral designers chose red or blue mugs and created patriotic arrangements choosing white chrysanthemums, white carnations, baby’s breath and red sweet William. Each of these flowers was popular in the United States during Lincoln’s presidency. The unique designs were then topped off with red white and blue pinwheels. To go home, patriotic shutter glasses added to the fun!

The group was led by Garden Club Youth chair Jeannette Michelson and co-chair Ginny Scarlatelli, along with Garden Club members Paula Cofone and Pauline Gertzen.

The next meeting of the Youth Garden Club is on March 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the Surf City Library and will feature a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Admission is free.

Presentation: ‘Americans: A Divided People, Part Two’

SURF CITY – The Ocean County Long Beach Island Branch is pleased to present the second half of a two-part program, “Americans, A Divided People – The Policies, Politicians, and People Who Have Kept Us Together,” 10 a.m. March 11.

John Imperiale, Deputy Mayor of Harvey Cedars, will illustrate how differences of opinion keep our democratic republic strong, vital, and an example for the rest of the world.

Part Two will focus on the coexistence of industrial and agrarian cultures, challenges posed by immigration, and the impacts of two World Wars, the Great Depression, civil rights, gender (LGBTQ+) rights, women’s rights, and indigenous rights.

A question-and-answer period will follow the program.

Register at theoceancountylibrary.org/ events to attend this free program, sponsored by Friends of the Island Library. For more information, visit the LBI Branch, 217 South Central Avenue, Surf City, or call 609-494-2480.