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SUMMARY: Discovery Lunches
LOCATION:East Branch\nEast Branch
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DESCRIPTION:Inspiration starts here!  Seniors can explore and connect w
 ith fellow learners on their journey to discovery at the Milwaukee Public 
 Library.  A light lunch will be provided. .\nhttps://mpl.libnet.info
 /event/12486757
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Inspiration starts here!&nbsp\; Discovery 
 Lunches are one-hour programs that let you explore and connect with fellow
  learners on your journey to discovery at the Milwaukee Public Library.&nb
 sp\; A light lunch is provided.</p>\n<p><strong>January 8 -&nbsp\;How Dry 
 I Am: Milwaukee Prohibition</strong>. Presented by The Milwaukee County Hi
 storical Society.</p>\n<p>Prohibition is considered one of the largest leg
 islative interventions in the history&nbsp\;of the United States. At the s
 ame time the&nbsp\;1920s were more than just flappers\, speakeasies\, and 
 bootleggers. What were the roots of the movement and how did people resist
  it? This talk explores the people\,&nbsp\;places\, and organizations inst
 rumental in&nbsp\;the Prohibition movement and 1920s&nbsp\;Milwaukee.</p>\
 n<p><strong>February 12 - Milwaukee Public Library Rare Books Collection: 
 The Gugler Lithographic Company</strong>. Presented by Sarah Finn\, a Rare
  Books and Special Collections Librarian</p>\n<p>The Gugler Lithographic C
 ompany was founded in Milwaukee in 1878 by Henry Gugler and his two sons. 
 They started small\, printing items such as envelopes\, checks\, and stati
 onary. By World War II\, Gugler was one of Wisconsin's largest operating p
 rinting companies\, printing everything from can labels to billboards. Sad
 ly over time the Gugler company became less of a family business and was s
 old off in 1966 to Journal Communications. By 2005\, the Gugler brand ceas
 ed to exist at all.</p>\n<p><strong>March 12 - &ldquo\;Why Should He Not B
 e Welcomed?" The Transnational Network Between Ireland &amp\; MKE.</strong
 > Presented by The Milwaukee County Historical Society</p>\n<p>Did you kno
 w the Irish in Milwaukee shipped flour back to Ireland to help feed the Ir
 ish in the Great Hunger? This talk explores how the Irish in the city enga
 ged in activism for Ireland&rsquo\;s future\, and how organizations in the
  city today preserve Irish-American culture. Discover how Milwaukee impact
 ed Ireland throughout the decades.</p>\n<p>Funded by a gift from the estat
 e of Naomi B. Strehlow.</p>\nhttps://mpl.libnet.info/event/12486757
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