Landmarks by Year

2003 Dedications

• The Library Company of Philadelphia, America's first subscription library started by Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, PA
• Beluthahatchee, where Woody Guthrie wrote the final draft of his autobiographical "Seeds of Man" and the ballad "Beluthahatchee Bill", Fruit Cove, FL
• Central Children's Room, Donnell Library Center, New York Public Library, home since 1987 of the original Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed bear and four of his companions -- Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, and Kanga, New York City, NY
• Nevada State Library & Archives, the site Robert Laxalt considered his second home while growing up in Carson City, NV
• Territorial Community of Claremore, birthplace of playwright and poet Lynn Riggs and the setting of Riggs' Green Grow the Lilacs, the play that became the Broadway musical Oklahoma, Claremore, OK
• St. George's Episcopal Church Rectory, where the writings of Tennessee Williams were influenced by the people, land, and spirit of Mississippi's Delta, Clarksdale, MS
• Bay St. Louis -- Hancock County Library, where Stephen E. Ambrose researched Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 and other titles, Bay St. Louis, MS