Little free library tells story of community service
Three little free lending libraries — each brimming with books — stand in Ardsley thanks to Joshua Lonergan, a 2023 Ardsley High
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IRVINGTON — To coincide with the federal holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, a co-naming ceremony was held on Saturday, June 22, in honor of a self-made millionaire whose parents were enslaved.
During a Juneteenth event at her former home, Villa Lewaro, the road that borders the property to the north, Fargo Lane, received the honorary name of Madam C.J. Walker Way.
The blue-and-white street sign was unveiled by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles, who wrote a biography about her grandmother that was published in 2001 and who founded the Madam Walker Family Archives.
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