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SUMMARY:CIVIC AWARENESS SERIES PRESENTS “MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON”
DESCRIPTION:CIVIC AWARENESS SERIES PRESENTS "MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON"\n\n\n\nFree program in partnership with League of Women Voters of Wheaton\n\n\n\nWheaton\, Ill.\, July 29\, 2021   The Robert R. McCormick House at Cantigny Park and the League of Women Voters of Wheaton continue their acclaimed Civic Awareness Series with an in-person viewing of the 1939 classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.\n\n\n\nThe movie screens on Thursday\, August 12\, at 7 pm\, inside the Cantigny Park Visitors Center. The program and parking are free\, and registration is not required. Complimentary popcorn and bottled water will be available. Doors open at 6:30 pm.\n\n\n\nMr. Smith Goes to Washington is a family-friendly comedy-drama starring Jimmy Stewart as Jefferson Smith\, an idealistic newcomer to the U.S. Senate fighting against political corruption. Directed by Frank Capra\, the movie earned 11 Academy Award nominations and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. \n\n\n\nAfter the movie\, the League of Women Voters and McCormick House will raffle 10 copies of Ian Rosenberg's 2021 book\, "The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases that Define our First Amendment Freedoms." Rosenberg is speaking at the following Civic Awareness Series event\, an online program via Zoom\, on September 9\, 2021.\n\n\n\nCantigny Park is open daily from 7 am to sunset and closes an hour after sunset on Wednesdays. The Robert R. McCormick House\, a historic house museum\, is currently closed for renovation and will reopen to the public in 2022. More information and a calendar of events is online at Cantigny.org.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">CIVIC AWARENESS SERIES PRESENTS &ldquo\;MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON&rdquo\;</span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Free program in partnership with League of Women Voters of Wheaton</span></span></em><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Wheaton\, Ill.\, July 29\, 2021 &mdash\; </span></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">The Robert R. McCormick House at </span><a href="http://www.cantigny.org/"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Cantigny Park</span></a><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.wheatonlwvil.org/"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">League of Women Voters of Wheaton</span></a><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> continue their acclaimed Civic Awareness Series with an in-person viewing of the 1939 classic <em>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</em>.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">The movie screens on <strong>Thursday\, August 12\, at 7 pm</strong>\, inside the Cantigny Park Visitors Center. The program and parking are free\, and registration is not required. Complimentary popcorn and bottled water will be available. Doors open at 6:30 pm.</span><br />\n<br />\n<em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</span></em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> is a family-friendly comedy-drama starring Jimmy Stewart as Jefferson Smith\, an idealistic newcomer to the U.S. Senate fighting against political corruption. Directed by Frank Capra\, the movie earned 11 Academy Award nominations and is considered one of the greatest films of all time. </span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">After the movie\, the League of Women Voters and McCormick House will raffle 10 copies of Ian Rosenberg&rsquo\;s 2021 book\, &ldquo\;The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases that Define our First Amendment Freedoms.&rdquo\; Rosenberg is speaking at the following Civic Awareness Series event\, an online program via Zoom\, on September 9\, 2021.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Cantigny Park is open daily from 7 am to sunset and closes an hour after sunset on Wednesdays. The Robert R. McCormick House\, a historic house museum\, is currently closed for renovation and will reopen to the public in 2022. More information and a calendar of events is online at </span><a href="http://cantigny.org"><span style="color:windowtext\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Cantigny.org</span></span></a><a href="http://cantigny.org"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">.</span></a>
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