This robin's egg blue box is located in Paducah's Keiler Park, which is a great location for a free library. It is easy to spot with white trim on a single post and if you're here, the playground is awesome. Inside a good collection of paperbacks though nothing that particularly caught my eye today. This is charter number 77921 and the online caption reads, "When Patrick McHaney began planning his Eagle Scout project, he had a special person in mind - his grandmother who passed away in 2006. McHaney says, "My grandmother, Marion Fillmer, was a librarian in Marshfield, Missouri. She had a love for reading and how books can change, encourage, and open up the world to readers. I wanted to honor her with these little libraries." He designed, built and installed three libraries in Paducah parks." [Review 16322 overall - 135 in Kentucky - 1829 of 2021.] read more

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