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Throwback Thursday – Dog Days

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“Marie and Chewy,” 2012. From the Mike Carlisi Collection, Montauk Library Archives. We are in the thick of the “dog days” of summer. The reference comes to us from ancient Rome, when our brilliant forebears ascribed the excessive summer heat and humidity between July 3rd and August 11th to Sirius, the brightest star in the… Read more »

Throwback Thursday – National Pet Fire Safety Day

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Trusty Dalmatian Guards Crates of Budweiser Beer during 1992 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Color photograph from the Herb Herbert Collection, Montauk Library Archives. A favorite website is National Today, or nationaltoday.com. It’s a day-by-day calendar, listing an event or activity that is celebrated on a particular day in a specific month, every year. According to National… Read more »