Franklin Square Scouts to participate in book-signing

First settled in the 1600s, Franklin Square developed as a German-speaking farming community in the late 1800s. In 1650, Christopher and Thomas Foster purchased a large plot of land — including what is now Franklin Square, Elmont and several other surrounding communities — from Dutch settlers, and named it “Fosters Meadow." Fosters Meadow existed for nearly 200 years.

Recently, two local Girl Scouts documented Franklin Square's history in a book published by Arcadia Publishing, “Images of America: Franklin Square." Kiera Grassi and Hannah Mutum, of the West Hempstead-Franklin Square Girl Scout Association’s Troop 1422, worked with the Franklin Square Historical Society for several months to create the historical book.

The book has been available for purchase since Oct. 3, but prior to that date, more than 400 copies were pre-ordered. The book can be purchased through the Franklin Square Historical Society (www.franklinsquarehistory.org) or Arcadia Publishing (www.arcadiapublishing.com), but a portion of the profit made from books purchased through the Historical Society will go toward the completion of the Franklin Square Museum — the construction of which has been ongoing since 2000.

On Oct. 8, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., Grassi and Mutum will be participating in a book-signing at the Franklin Square Public Library, located at 19 Lincoln Rd. in Franklin Square. Hundreds of books will be available for purchase.

To read more about Grassi and Mutum's experience creating "Images of America: Franklin Square," click here: http://www.liherald.com/detail.html?sub_id=34771