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Walking Tour

Reading Under Fire Walking Tour

August 22 at 10:30am

At Poster House

Chelsea,聽New York

90 minutes of walking, no seating
ASL interpretation available on request

Follow the paper trail of wartime book drives through Midtown Manhattan with curator Molly Manning. This 90-minute walk visits the New York Public Library and other historic sites central to shipping millions of books to soldiers, then returns to Poster House to see the propaganda posters that championed the cause.

What are you into?

  • Curator-led walking tour
  • Literary history deep-dive
  • WWI & WWII book drives
  • Midtown Manhattan exploration
  • Poster House
  • Chelsea
  • New York

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