'Give 'Em Hell, Harry-the Biggest Presidential Election Upset'

MARLBOROUGH, MA -- It’s a chance to revisit one of the most exciting elections in American history.

The Friends of Marlborough Public Library announced the next program of the Friends 2015-2015 Season–their 46th Year-on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. as they present “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry-the Biggest Presidential Election Upset” with Dr. Gary Hylander, lecturer.

Its the fourth program of the “2015-2016 Special Program Series” chaired by Peggy Ayres.

The Friends summarize the play as this, “The 1948 “whistle-stop” election was the first presidential election after the war and the first since Roosevelt’s death. The election of 1948 still commands the imagination of the nation. A feisty Truman ran and won a fabled upset victory over Governor Thomas Dewey. On the morning after the election a grinning Truman held over his head for all to see the headline of the Chicago Tribune ’Dewey Defeats Truman.’”

Featured lecturer Dr. Gary Hylander earned his Ph.D. at Boston College, and his advisor and dissertation director was noted Boston historian Thomas H. O’Connor. A retired college professor, Dr. Hylander is an independent scholar who specializes as a presidential historian and pedagogical specialist for the NEH.

This program will take place in Bigelow Auditorium at Marlborough Public Library. Admission is free and open to the public and the auditorium is fully handicapped accessible.