Новини
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Enjoy German
21.09.2011 -
Kunstcamera
20.09.2011 -
September 11,2011
12.09.2011Participants in the library’s Talk Lab English Club commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America by sharing their memories of the day and their feelings about such violence on Sunday, Sept. 11, in the library’s Foreign Language Department. On ...
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Labor Day
05.09.2011Why is the American Labor Day observed on the first Monday of every September instead of on May 1, the date that many other countries, including Ukraine, celebrate May Day-International Workers’ Day? That information and other aspects of American labor history were discussed at the Sunday, Sept. ...
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Learn and Study
31.08.2011 -
Independence Day
05.07.2011“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These are perhaps the most famous and powerful words in the American Declaration ...
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Constitution Day
29.06.2011True or False? Pylyp Orlyk, an 18th century hetman, wrote the first constitution for Ukraine in 1710. True or False? Adult Ukrainians are required by the constitution to take care of their parents if their parents are unable to work. True or False? Constitution Day is not a national holiday, according ...
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The World of Idioms
22.06.2011Imagine that you are preparing to go to an important meeting but you discover that your best shirt has some very obvious wrinkles. No problem. You reach for the iron and “get the wrinkles out.” You not only have solved a small problem but you also now understand a common American expression ...
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Flag Day
14.06.2011Each June 14, millions of Americans celebrate Flag Day by displaying the red, white and blue United States’ flag outside their homes and workplaces, and participate in parades or other events and ceremonies. In honor of Flag Day, the American Peace Corps volunteers led participants in the June ...
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Summer in the Library
08.06.2011