Legion Memorial Library

World Meditation Day
2026-05-21 | Legion Memorial Library, 106 Iron Street, Mellen, WI, 54546, United States
World Meditation Day
“Meditation is a way of nourishing and blossoming the divine within you.” -Amit Ray

National Road Trip Day
2026-05-22
National Road Trip Day
“I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” -Walt Whitman, ‘Song of the Open Road.’

World Turtle Day
2026-05-23
World Turtle Day
“Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things. Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do the Earth.” -Ted Andrews ‘Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small’

National Asparagus Day
2026-05-24
National Asparagus Day
“Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday. In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father’s Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears.” -Barbara Kingsolver

National Sing Out Day!
2026-05-25
National Sing Out Day!
“Singing connects the mind with the heart and the heart with the soul.” -Neha Dhingra

National Paper Airplane Day!
2026-05-26
National Paper Airplane Day
“I was so happy I wanted to fold all the people into paper airplanes and fly them into the lidless eye of that big yellow moon.” -Steve Toltz

World Otter Day!
2026-05-27
World Otter Day
“Otters seem to make slides for fun. They will often slide down a muddy bank into the water, climb out, and do the whole thing again.” -Michael Leach

National Whooping Crane Day!
2026-05-28
National Whooping Crane Day
“High horns, low horns, silence, and finally a pandemonium of trumpets, rattles, croaks, and cries that almost shakes the bog with its nearness…A new day has begun on the crane marsh. A sense of time lies thick and heavy on such a place…Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.” -Aldo Leopold

Learn About Composting Day!
2026-05-29
Learn About Composting Day!
“Nature demands a gift for everything it gives, so what we have to keep doing, is returning leaves and compost materials back to the soil, then we’re continuously giving the gifts to nature, because we have a return cycle.” -Geoff Lawton

National Creativity Day!
2026-05-30
National Creativity Day
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun.” -Anonymous

National Smile Day!
2026-05-31
National Smile Day!
“Dare to Be
When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.
When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.
When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.
When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.
When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.
When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.
When times are tough, dare to be tougher.
When love hurts you, dare to love again.
When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.
When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.
When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.
When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.
When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.
When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.
Dare to be the best you can-
At all time, Dare to be!”
-Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth and Being Free

National Go Barefoot Day
2026-06-01
National Go Barefoot Day
“Going barefoot is the gentlest way of walking and can symbolize a way of living-being authentic, vulnerable, sensitive to our surroundings. It’s the feeling of enjoying warm sand beneath our toes, or carefully making our way over sharp rocks in the darkness. It’s the way of living that has the lightest impact, removing the barrier between us and nature.” -Adele Coombs, Barefoot Dreaming

American Indian Citizenship Day
2026-06-02
American Indian Citizenship Day
“Children, language, lands: almost everything was stripped away, stolen when you weren’t looking because you were trying to stay alive. In the face of such loss, one thing our people could not surrender was the meaning of land. In the settler mind, land was property, real estate, capital, or natural resources. But to our people, it was everything: identity, the connection to our ancestors, the home of our nonhuman kinfolk, our pharmacy, our library, the source of all that sustained us. Our lands were where our responsibility to the world was enacted, sacred ground. It belonged to itself; it was a gift, not a commodity, so it could never be bought or sold. These are the meanings people took with them when they were forced from their ancient homelands to new places.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Insect Repellant Awareness Day
2026-06-03
Insect Repellant Awareness Day
Homemade Bug Spray Ingredients:
4 oz glass spray bottle
2 oz witch hazel or apple cider vinegar
2 oz water
10 drops lemon eucalyptus or eucalyptus
8 drops rosemary essential oil
8 drops tea tree (melaleuca essential oil)
8 drops cedarwood essential oil
8 drops thyme essential oil
If you use a larger container, make sure you increase the essential oils accordingly.

National Cheese Day
2026-06-04
National Cheese Day
“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.” – Billie Burke

Friends Meeting
2026-06-04 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)

Movie Night
2026-06-04 18:00 - 20:00
Join us in watching “Song Sung Blue”. You are welcome to bring your on comfy camp chair, snacks, and beverage. The library will provide popcorn.

National Hot Air Balloon Day
2026-06-05
National Hot Air Balloon Day
“Be the sunshine, and lift everyone up like a hot air balloon.” -Marisa Casciano

National Yo-Yo Day
2026-06-06
National Yo-Yo Day
The largest yo-yo in the world weighs 4, 620 pounds and was created by Beth Johnson. She demonstrated her yo-yo in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15, 2012.

National Cancer Survivor Day
2026-06-07
National Cancer Survivor Day
“You could say cancer treatment took part of you away, but in doing so it allowed a purer part of who you are to come to the surface.” -Saskia Lightstar, The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment

National Best Friend Day
2026-06-08
National Best Friend Day
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” -Anais Nin

CLICK & Learn
2026-06-08 10:00 - 14:00
Jake Koval, the CLICK & Learn Digital Navigator is here today from 10am-2pm to help with your technology questions. Bring your phone, tablet, or laptop and get help with your questions and concerns. CLICK & Learn also has laptops available to borrow and use. Request one from our Digital Navigator.
Jake Koval will be here every other Monday from 10am-2pm:
June 8 & 22

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
2026-06-09
National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
“It has a tart rhubarb base for the pucker
And a sweet, red kiss of strawberry that brings me back
For the next bite.
It’s more Oscar Wilde than Marcel Proust, though I confess to having read neither-
I just know it when I
Taste it.
Mustn’t forget the milk!” -Stephen Tilden

National Herbs and Spices Day
2026-06-10
National Herbs and Spices Day
“Every healing begins in the kitchen, one spice at a time.”-Barbara O’Neill
“Let your meals be your rituals, and your herbs your medicine.” -Barbara O’Neill

National CNA Day
2026-06-11
National CNA Day
“One of the most important things we can do is to take care of each other.” -Oprah Winfrey

National Loving Day
2026-06-12
National Loving Day
“When you are dealing with humanity as a family there’s no question of integration or intermarriage. It’s just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” -Malcolm X

Acrylic Painting
2026-06-12 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00
Acrylic Painting at the Library: You may bring: your own canvas, brushes, water container, chalk pencil, (If desired: easel, snack and beverage). You are welcome to use the supplies available at the library. We have canvases, brushes, chalk, and paint, but they may or may not be the size canvas or brushes, or paint colors used in the presentation. You may bring your own paint or choose from the paint available at the library. You may change the colors if you wish, but the YouTube video will be using the colors listed on the handout you’ll receive when you register.
You may check out this presentation in advance if you wish. Under the presentation, are lists of supplies needed. They include links to order supplies from, if you’d like or find this helpful.
During the Summer two times will be offered. You may choose to attend a session at 1pm or 6pm. Each will last about three hours.
In June, we will paint “Ocean Beach Chair” with Michelle the Painter.

National Sewing Machine Day
2026-06-13
National Sewing Machine Day
“Sewing is a way to quiet the mind, to relax the body, and to feed the soul.” -Marie Bostwick’s

National Kids Day
2026-06-14
National Kids Day
“Children are natural Zen masters; their world brand new in each and every moment.” -John Bradshaw
