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Decorating With a Purpose
2024-12-05 12:00:00 2024-12-05 13:00:00 America/Chicago Decorating With a Purpose Join the First Ladies Historic Site to see how different First Ladies have taken this tradition of decorating the White House for the holidays as a way to support their roles as public stewards! Downers Grove Public Library - Virtual Meeting

Thursday, December 05
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-12-05 12:00:00 2024-12-05 13:00:00 America/Chicago Decorating With a Purpose Join the First Ladies Historic Site to see how different First Ladies have taken this tradition of decorating the White House for the holidays as a way to support their roles as public stewards! Downers Grove Public Library - Virtual Meeting

Join the First Ladies Historic Site to see how different First Ladies have taken this tradition of decorating the White House for the holidays as a way to support their roles as public stewards!

Learn more about the First Ladies Historic Site at their website.

One of the Primary roles of First Lady has been to be the hostess of the White House. Within these duties includes the responsibility of decorating the house for Christmas. More recent and modern First Ladies have taken this tradition and used it as a way to support and exemplify their new roles in becoming public stewards of various causes and incorporated them into their decorations. 

Contact the Adult and Teen Services Department at ats@dglibrary.org with questions.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Registration Required | Lectures |

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