Jay-Rollins Library, McMurry University

📚✨ Congratulations to Michelle Ramirez! ✨📚

The Friends of the Library proudly congratulate Michelle Ramirez, Acquisitions Assistant at the Jay Rollins Library at McMurry University, on being named the 2025 Ricki Brown Award Recipient! 🏆

This prestigious award honors individuals who exemplify outstanding support of libraries and literacy in the Abilene community—a legacy inspired by the late Ricki V. Brown, a passionate advocate for reading and lifelong learning.

Michelle’s dedication to expanding access to knowledge and her behind-the-scenes impact in library acquisitions make her a true champion of literacy. We are thrilled to celebrate her contributions to our community!

👏 Join us in celebrating Michelle and the spirit of library advocacy she represents!

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commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that enslaved people were free.⁣
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General Granger issued the following order (General Order No. 3): "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, “all slaves are free.” This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor.⁣"
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General Order No. 3 came two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had become official on January 1, 1863, and two months after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia.⁣
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📸: Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863. Printed in San Francisco, Calif., 1864. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC00742)⁣

This is my last early morning view from this perspective- its been a wonderful 25 years McMurry, thank you. Terry Young

Summer mantra:
The kids are out of school in Abilene. Watch for them on the road. They are kids, and they don' t always pay attention. They are kids. We, as licensed drivers, need to watch out. They are kids....

Freedom isn't free. Memorial Day is an annual day of remembrance to honor all those who died in service to the U.S. during peacetime and war.

Ducks!!! A pair of ducks ( red-bellied whistling ducks) dropped in to take advantage of what the rain is bringing up! One year a pair hung out for two weeks in the middle of the quad. Just read Make way for Ducklings to a young friend- fun!

Breaking News! We are open tomorrow 1pm-5pm & Sunday, 2pm-12am.