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Regular Library Hours
Monday through Thursday
8:00am to 6:00pm
Friday
8:00am to 4:30pm
Summer Library Hours -- May 30 - July 28
Monday through Thursday
7:30am to 5:30pm
Library Closed
Monday May 29
Monday June 19
Tuesday July 4
Fridays in June and July
According to the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month website, "The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants."
In 1978, Congress passed Public Law 95-419, which directed President Carter to designate a week in May 1979 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Week. In 1990, Congress passed a law amending the 1978 law, requesting a month-long observance.