By Creshaun Harris, Bossier Parish Libraries History Center BOSSIER CITY, La. — Long before the engines of Barksdale Air Force Base echoed across the sky, and the loud lights of …
Bossier Parish Library Column Annie Gilmer, Community Engagement Librarian July 15, 2026Did you know that gummi worms have been around since 1981? They were introduced on July 15th by the German candy …
DOESN’T ANYONE TAKE TIME TO VOTE?Remember the 1970 song by Chicago: “Does anybody really know what time it is, does anybody really care?” Louisiana held an election last week and …
While Woke, so-called Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) policies are being eliminated from many American institutions they are still in force at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. …
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July 2026While July is hot as usual and rain is uncertain, keeping color in our landscape is often a challenge. But many of us are still enjoying the outdoors as …
By Kevin Flowers, Bossier Parish History CenterJust as 2026 marks America’s 250th birthday, so too does the year mark a milestone for Bossier City. Exactly seventy-five years ago, Bossier officially …
Bossier Parish Library Column – 28Annie Gilmer, Community Engagement Librarian July 8, 2026For this week’s column, I’ve chosen to feature the fact that July is Park and Recreation Month. Organized by the National …
Independence Day to most Americans means a three-day weekend with gatherings of family and friends, barbecues, parties, games, food, parades, baseball games and fireworks. Traditionally, most of us know that …
I firmly disagree with the Supreme Court ruling last week on the issue of birthright citizenship. American citizenship is fundamentally incompatible with the invasion of illegals that we see in …
