'Hollywood and the Homefront' scheduled for six library stops

"Hollywood and the Homefront, Tinsel Town’s Contribution to World War II" by John Jensen will come to six library locations across Whitman County under sponsorship by Humanities Washington and Friends of Whitman County Library.

Jensen will share rarely known stories and anecdotes from Hollywood’s war effort and show examples of wartime propaganda through various media that was used to educate, inform and sway American public opinion.

During World War II, the War Department realized the importance of not only keeping up the morale of America’s fighting forces abroad, but the morale of those at...