{"id":14,"date":"2015-01-05T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhiwp\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-10-21T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:25:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cannon Free Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cannon-Library-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-383\" style=\"width:533px;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cannon-Library-Front.jpg 400w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cannon-Library-Front-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>The mission of the Cannon Free Library is to provide free resources, services, programs and enrichment in a welcoming environment to meet the informational, educational and entertainment needs of the Delhi community.  <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Preschool Story Time, Toddler Rhyme Time, Afterschool Fun &amp; more&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Cannon Free Library hosts multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/?page_id=8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/?page_id=8\">children&#8217;s programs<\/a> every week and a fabulous special reading program every summer. Be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/?page_id=517\">calendar page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Escape from the Sugar House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Wednesday, November 4, 1pm<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The_old_Sugar_House__Middle_Dutch_Church_Liberty_St._N.Y._in_1830_by_George_Hayward_in_1858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3080\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992888417882142;width:503px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Author Tim Duerden, author, historian, and Director of the Delaware County Historical Association, will be in the library for a presentation of his recently published historical novel, Escape from the Sugar House. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book tells the tale of a teenaged Levi and his incarceration by the British as a POW during the American Revolution. While much of the book is fiction, it is based on actual episodes of young Levi&#8217;s experiences. After the war, Levi and his wife, Mary Mead, moved to Dunk Hill in Walton and lived there until their deaths in the mid-nineteenth Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copies of Escape from the Sugar House will be available for purchase at this free event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7050934057161105;width:201px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PXL_20260917_185319659-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Page Turners Book Club will meet at 1pm on Tuesday, November 17 to discuss whatever books they&#8217;ve recently read&#8211;what&#8217;s worth suggesting to others and what&#8217;s maybe not! No pre-registration necessary and everyone is always welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A card from any of the Four County Library System libraries (of which we are one) provides you access to the books, DVDs and audio books in all of the 43 system libraries AND the ability to download all kinds of material through the Libby, Hoopla and\/or Comics+ apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Come in to get your card today.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Bring a form of ID and a piece of mail that show your local address.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cannon Free Library\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/delhi\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preschool Story Time, Toddler Rhyme Time, Afterschool Fun &amp; more&#8230; The Cannon Free Library hosts multiple children&#8217;s programs every week and a fabulous special reading program every summer. Be sure to check out our calendar page. 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