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Philipsburg Jubilee Library became the Sint Maarten Library at its 99th anniversary in 2022
The Philipsburg Jubilee Library unveiled its new name, the Sint Maarten Library, with a new logo, website and library card on its 99th anniversary, 23 November 2022, according to the library.
By SXM Daily ·
Reported 22 November 2022.
The Philipsburg Jubilee Library took a new name, the Sint Maarten Library, on its 99th anniversary on Wednesday 23 November 2022, according to the library.
Illustrative: The Courthouse on Front Street, Philipsburg. Photo: Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
The new name, logo, website and library card were unveiled at the Belvedere Satellite, and the new cards were available from 24 November, the library said.
The library was founded on 23 November 1923, the year of Queen Wilhelmina's silver jubilee. As it began the countdown to its centennial, it said it aimed to have a new building on its original location "on or before November 23, 2025".
Sources
- https://www.library.sx/articles/sint-maarten-library-celebrates-its-99th-anniversary-the-countdown-begins-408
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