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Library Director Jeff Beavers (left) and Library Historian Bob Cottrell stand by the recently conserved GAR flag in the Conway Public Library on Thursday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)

CONWAY — The Conway Public Library invites the public to attend a dedication today at 4 p.m. of the Grand Army of the Republic flag in the library’s Great Hall.

According to Bob Cottrell, curator of the library’s Henney History Room, in October of 2022, the library received a New Hampshire Moose Plate Grant to help fund conservation treatment on the flag.

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