Will hold public session on June 20

The board of the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison voted this week to create a working group to discuss whether the name of the library should be changed because of recent allegations about co-founder Hamilton Fish III’s support for Nazi Germany.

The board said a name-review working group will be created as part of the board’s Racial Equity and Social Justice Committee. Members of the community can apply to serve on the group through a form at desmondfishlibrary.org.

Community conversations on the issue are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday (June 20) at the library and for July 13 via Zoom.

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