Freeport FAQs

What is the significance of the names etched into the Library's edifice?

These are names of battles from the Civil War, the Spanish-America War, and World War I.

Battles Commemorated

Civil War
Gettysburg

Spanish-American
San Juan

World War I
Cambrai
Somme
Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Ypres-Lys
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Cantigny
Chateau-Thierry