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title: Eastern District Y.M.C.A. Wednesday Night Sep. 26, 23d Infantry Band and Speakers
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eastern-district-ymca-patriotic-meeting-1917/
description: A text-only announcement for an evening meeting at the Eastern District Y.M.C.A. lists a military band, two singers from the National Patriotic Song
section: Collection
---

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# Eastern District Y.M.C.A. Wednesday Night Sep. 26, 23d Infantry Band and Speakers

A text-only announcement for an evening meeting at the Eastern District Y.M.C.A. lists a military band, two singers from the National Patriotic Song Committee, a chairman and three speakers, one 'lately returned from Europe'. The sheet has no argument of its own; it draws its pull from the named performers and speakers and their stated affiliations.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
EASTERN
DISTRICT Y.M.C.A.
179 Marcy Avenue

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SEP. 26
at 8 O'clock

23D INFANTRY BAND
BLANCHE BELLAIRE, Soprano
National Patriotic Song Committee
WM. DENHAM TUCKER, Baritone
National Patriotic Song Committee
Chairman
LEWIS H. POUNDS
Speakers
HON. S. HARRISON WHITE
Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado
LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAINE
Lately Returned from Europe
DR. ISAAC J. LANSING
Courtesy National Security League

Auspices of the Recruiting Committee of Mayor's Committee
on National Defense
```

A small printer's mark appears at lower right and is not transcribed.

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