CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Cape Girardeau Public Library will get a $10,000 donation from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

According to a news release from the library, the award is part of “Carnegie Libraries 250,″ an initiative celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The library will receive the gift in January 2026.

“This generous gift honors the history of Carnegie Libraries and the role they have played in communities nationwide for more than a century,” said Katie Earnhart, library director of Cape Girardeau Public Library.

Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,681 free public libraries nationwide between 1886 and 1917.

In 1916, according to the news release, the Women’s Council of Clubs, which represented 18 wo

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