The Main Library Book Discussion meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Books chosen are generally literary fiction or narrative nonfiction. Participants take turns leading the discussion. This discussion currently meets online via Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-adultbookdiscussion
We live in an age where information about politics is more readily available than ever, but we also seem to feel more uncertain about how much of that information we can trust. Join us as we examine how information is often manipulated in political discussions, and how we can be on our guard against information which is designed to mislead us.
Guest speaker: Dr. David Smailes, Former Associate Professor of Political Science, Law and Global Studies, Framingham State University
We live in an age where information about politics is more readily available than ever, but we also seem to feel more uncertain about how much of that information we can trust. Join us as we examine how information is often manipulated in political discussions and how we can be on our guard against information that is designed to mislead us.
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Guest speaker: Anna Tucker, Executive Director, Framingham History Center
Revisit Colonel Henry Knox’s route, transporting nearly 60 tons of captured artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army outside Boston. This journey passed directly through Framingham, where Knox paused for reasons that historians debate. Understand how local landscapes like Framingham shaped this larger campaign. Explore the human and environmental challenges of the journey, the significance of the “Noble Train of Artillery” in the final push to force the British from Boston, and the ways this story has been remembered over generations.
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Guest speaker: Dr. Joseph M. Adelman, Professor of History, Framingham State University
Since the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791, the Constitution has promised to safeguard “freedom of the press.” The meaning of the phrase has changed significantly as news media has grown and expanded from the weekly newspapers of the 18th century to the international corporations that own television and internet today. Explore the origins of the “free press” in the American Revolution and how those principles can protect the press today.
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