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SUMMARY:A Look Back at 1926
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DTSTAMP:20260423T171700Z
DTSTART:20260811T200000Z
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LOCATION:201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, NY 10708, United States
ROOM: Yeager Community Room
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Evan Weiner will transport us back in time and discuss
  what was going on 100 years ago in 1926. It’s the Jazz Age and speakeas
 ies are the rage as Americans want alcohol. The American economy is hummin
 g for the wealthy class but not so much for lower- and middle-class worker
 s. There is a General Strike in the United Kingdom, Henry Ford introduces 
 the 40-hour work week. Gertrude Ederle swims the English Channel. A new Am
 erican radio network starts, NBC, the first rocket is launched. Willie the
  Pooh and Mary Poppins make their first appearances.Presented by:  Evan W
 einer is a speaker and author with a radio and TV background. He has abou
 t 90 topics and has spoken globally.  Evan was a contributing columnist f
 or New York Newsday (2001-05); AM-New York, the New York Press, the B
 ergen (New Jersey) Record, the Philadelphia Metro, Washington Examiner,Â
  Orlando Sentinel, Rhode Island’s Sports Journal, and for The Chicago 
 Tribune’s Spanish Hoy! newspapers in N.Y., Chicago and LA between 2002.
   Learn more about Evan by visiting his website: https://evanweiner16177
 3949.wordpress.com/
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