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Left to right: Trustee Matthew A. Walker; Jacqueline E. Miller, Library Director; Marie E. Minervini, President of the Library Board of Trustees; Gerald E. Loehr, Mayor; Eugene J. Fox, City Manager; Trustee Toby N. Patterson; Trustee Andrew C.…

Andrea Molina, the director of the Family Services of Westchester's Vet2Vet program, talks about her reaction to 9/11, serving in the Iraq War as a Marine and adjusting to civilian life. Issues of race and gender are also described by her.

This was given to Joseph La Rocco for his service aboard the USS Essex.

This pamphlet contains various statistics of the USS Essex while it was in service during World War Two.

Ida Heuer, senior library clerk (left) and Irene Rogers , head of the reference department (right) are setting up posters in a store rented to the Yonkers Public Library during National Library Week.

Michael R. Virgintino talks about writing the book Freedomland U.S..A.: The Definitive History and the history of the amusement park.

Michael R. Virgintino, author of Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History, talks about the layout of Freedomland U.S.A. and some of its attractions.

Michael R. Virgintino, the author of Freedomland U.S.A.:  The Definitive History,  talks about the real reason why Freedom U.S.A. closed and how some of ts rides where sold to other amusement parks.

The actor for Billy the Kid (left) was Billy Collins. Digger O'Toole (right)was played by John Fortna. These character actors performed at a part of Freedomland that reassembled the American West.

These actors are depicting a gunfight in the American West in The Great Plains part of Freedomland.