BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Roxbury Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Roxbury Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e41391f2-71a9-46cb-8d96-5f3d0ff00d0f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260715T121836Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T141500 SUMMARY:A Golden Age of Propaganda? (In-Person at the Library) LOCATION:Roxbury Public Library\nRoxbury Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Roxbury Public Library;X-A PPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Roxbury Public Library:geo:40.8691069,-74.6385065 GEO:40.8691069;-74.6385065 DESCRIPTION:Are we as gullible and susceptible to propaganda today as the public was during WWII? Come and participate in the presentation and decid e for yourself.\n\n.\nhttps://roxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/11133899 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Travel back in time &ndash\; before iPhone s\, Internet\, or Cable TV &ndash\; to the 1940s. We&rsquo\;ll review vari ous types of propaganda techniques. Then we&rsquo\;ll observe 75 &ndash\; year-old magazine and newspaper ads to see how advertisers stretched\, twi sted\, and manipulated the truth to sell their products. Are we as gullibl e and susceptible to propaganda today as the public was during WWII? Come and participate in the presentation and decide for yourself.

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About the Presenter: Dan Rose has taught English for over 20 y ears to elementary\, secondary\, and college students in the U.S. and Scot land\, as well as lifelong learning courses to adults at FGCU (Florida Gul f Coast University) and for colleges\, libraries\, and community groups th roughout NJ. He has been an Editor at Silver Burdett Publishing and a Trai ner/Technical Writer at AT&\;T. Mr. Rose has an M.Ed. in English and an MS in Project Management. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Alaska Quarterly\, Lips\, Little Patuxent Review\, and Perspectives. A writer\, e ditor\, and educator\, Dan Rose teaches and writes about various subjects. He and his wife live in Roxbury\, NJ.

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Register online or by calli ng the library at (973) 584-2400. \; This presentation and all Roxbury Library programs are made possible by the Friends of the Roxbury Public L ibrary.

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