Historian Gives Free Lecture Examining Washington State in Wartime

WHAT: Audio historian and broadcaster John Jensen presents “Washington State in Wartime: The Home Front in 1942” at Kennewick library. He will shares film clips, radio broadcast excerpts, rarely viewed photographs, stories, and anecdotes about a nation at the start of an all-encompassing conflagration and the exploits of a state that contributed more per capita to the war effort than any other. No state was more profoundly affected economically by the introduction and expansion of war industries than Washington.

This event is free and open to the public. Learn more at
midcolumbialibraries.org.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 20 at 6:30 pm

WHERE: Mid-Columbia Libraries’ Kennewick Branch, 1620 S. Union St.