Meet Sammy Lee Davis at MPL

Meet Mooresville High School graduate (class of 1966) and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Sammy Lee Davis on Friday, June 3, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. in the MPL Community Room.

Sammy L. Davis in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis (right) in Vietnam (circa 1967)

Sammy L. Davis receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor

from President Lyndon B. Johnson (1968)

Amos Rusie Program on Video

In case you missed last Saturday's library program by baseball expert Pete Cava about Mooresville native Amos Rusie, "the Hoosier Thunderbolt," a hall of fame pitcher who played during the 1890s for the New York Giants, we've got it on video.

Amos Rusie:  The Hoosier Thunderbolt, by Pete Cava

(Saturday, April 2, 2016) (MPL Program Video)

Q & A session by Pete Cava & David Reddick

about Amos Rusie, "the Hoosier Thunderbolt"

(Saturday, April 2, 2016) (MPL Program Video)

Teresa Harris, MPL adult program coordinator & youth services librarian,

plays "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" before the Amos Rusie program

(Saturday, April 2, 2016) (MPL Program Video)

Amos Wilson Rusie:  The Hoosier Thunderbolt
(Mooresville Moments #20)
by Mooresville Public Library

Celebrate Mooresville's Heritage Program #1: Samuel Moore, Town Founder

This afternoon (Saturday, February 20, 2016) we held our first Celebrate Mooresville's Heritage program, featuring town founder Samuel Moore.  Below are some photos from today's event.  We also have digitized handouts distributed at the program (click the following links):

 

• The Homes of Samuel & Eliza Moore
• "Moore" Facts About Mooresville & Samuel & Eliza Moore
• Miscellaneous Notes on Samuel Moore
• Immediate Family Tree of Samuel & Eliza Moore
• Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Mooresville
• Old Settlers Picnic, Parade, and Festival

 

There is more information about Samuel and Eliza Moore available on Mooresville Public Library's famous Mooresvillians web page.  Just scroll down until you see the Moores' section.

At the program we featured a dramatic portrayal of Samuel Moore addressing the Old Settlers Picnic in August, 1885.

"Narration" of Samuel Moore at the Old Settlers Picnic (August, 1885)

(Dramatic Reenactment)

There was cake, sherbet punch, souvenirs, and everything!  Click the photos to enlarge.

Thanks to everybody who attended!  Hope you got some cake and punch!  It was delicious.

Samuel Moore Program

On Saturday, February 20, 2016, at 1 pm in the MPL community room, we will be having a program about Samuel Moore, founder of Mooresville, Indiana.   In the video (below), we re-create a “narrative” of Moore at the Old Settlers Picnic (August, 1885). This “narration” has been assembled from various historical records available in the MPL Indiana Room collections. Although Samuel Moore did not actually give this speech, it is based upon accurate, authentic historical records.

"Narration" of Samuel Moore at the

Old Settlers Picnic (1885)

by Mooresville Public Library