Smyrna, Georgia: An Episodic History

6-week Lecture Series
April 4 - May 16, 2022

Instructor: Dr. William P. Marchione, Ph.D.

Each lecture will address two broad themes, with a half hour devoted to each. The series will begin on Monday, April 4, 2022 and conclude six weeks later on May 9, 2022. The class will meet in the first floor meeting room of the Smyrna Public Library from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. RSVP: sreference@smyrnaga.gov.

Topical Outline:

1. Native Society: Assimilation & Expulsion, 1825-1837; Transportation Challenges and Economic Opportunities, 1837-1851. (Monday, April 4, 2022)

2. The Antebellum Economy, 1851-60; The Impact and Legacy of the Civil War, 1861-1880. (Monday, April 11, 2022)

3. Agricultural Diversification, 1880-1905; The Suburbanizing Impulse, 1905-1930. (Monday, April 18, 2022)

4. The Nadir of Race Relations, 1918-38; The Impact of the Depression Era and the New Deal, 1930 to 1942. (Monday, April 25, 2022)

5. The Economic Stimulus of the World War II and Cold War Economies, 1943-70; An Era of Fevered Development, 1970-1985. (Monday, May 9, 2022)

6. The Transformative Years, Smyrna since 1985; Looking Backward and Forward (Monday, May 16, 2022)

Marchione, A Brief History of Smyrna, Georgia (History Press, 2013). The library owns eight circulating copies of this history. Copies are also be available for purchase at the Library’s circulation desk and from on-line booksellers like Amazon. Also, a kindle version of the book can be ordered online.

Material posted on the instructor’s blog, “Local Historian North & South,” which can be accessed via www.wpmarchione.com.

Recommendations will be made from time to time of books and other material housed in the Smyrna Public Library’s Local History Collection.

Annual Spring Used Book Sale

Join us for our first Spring Book Sale since before the pandemic. We will have a large selection of hardback books priced from $1 to $5. We will update our Facebook page with more info once we complete the inventory before the sale.

The sale will be held in the large meeting room. We accept cash, check, and PayPal. All proceeds benefit the 2022 Summer Reading Program.

Sale Dates:
Friday, May 20: 11 am to 4 pm
Saturday, May 21: 11 am to 4 pm
Sunday, May 22: 1 pm to 4 pm.

Volunteer Book Sale Duties

Summer Pop-Up Sales

Pop-Up Sales are Held in the Library Lobby During the Library's Hours of Operation

$1 Cookbook Sale
May 23 to May 31

$1 Movie DVD Sale
June 1 to June 7

$1 Books on CD Sale
June 8 to June 14

Super Discount Music CD Sale
June 8 to June 14

50-Cent Young Adult Fiction
June 15 to June 21

50-Cent Nonfiction
June 22 to June 28

Incredible 25-Cent Clearance Sale
July 13 to July 23

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2022 Summer Reading Program
Finale !!!

Arrgh, mateys! Batten down the hatches and join us for some jolly good pirate fun with our swashbuckling pirate friends. There will be story-telling, games, popsicles, prizes and more!

3-12 years old
Friday, July 22nd
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Downstairs Meeting Room

2022 Summer Book Sale
for Children & Young Adults

Join us for our first ever Summer Book Sale. Nearly New & Gently Used Hardbacks and Paperbacks will be priced from $1 to $3.

We will also have a VERY LARGE selection of books for children and young adults organized by Board Books, Picture Books, EZ Readers, 2nd/3rd Grade, 4th/5th Grade, and Young Adult Genres.

Cash, Check, Venmo, and PayPal will be accepted for payment. FOSL will use all proceeds from this sale to buy a new Wonderbook Collection for Youth Services.

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Smyrna Public Library
Downstairs Meeting Room
100 Village Green Circle
Smyrna, GA 30080

Sale Dates:
SAT, August 27: 10 am to 4 pm
SUN, August 28: 1 pm to 4 pm.

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Volunteer Book Sale Duties

Smyrna History on Wheels

Saturday, September 10, 2022
10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

This Tour is Designed, Written, and Narrated by the Smyrna Historical Society.

This historic driving tour will start at the Aline Wolfe Adult Recreation Center and will take approximately two hours to complete.

Riding in a Smyrna City bus, participants will receive a narrated tour of approximately ten historic Smyrna sites and a brief tour inside the Taylor-Brawner House on Atlanta Road.

Recommended age is 12 and up.
Tickets: $15 each (order online through Smyrna Parks & Recreation)

Participants may choose between the 10:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. tours.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Smyrna Museum’s acquisition fund. This event commemorates Smyrna’s sesquicentennial year (1872-2022).