{"id":98278,"date":"2026-01-13T04:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/98278\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:21:53","slug":"thomas-paine-and-the-promise-of-america-at-the-new-rochelle-library-jan-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/98278\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Thomas Paine and the Promise of America,&#8221; at the New Rochelle Library Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48899\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you a history buff, or simply curious about the stories that shaped our world? Join us for the launch of \u201cThe Past Pages Society: NRPL History Book Club\u201d, on <a\/>January 17 at 11:00 am. Each month, we\u2019ll explore engaging titles that connect history with art, culture, politics, and the stories often left out of textbooks. We\u2019ll start by reading \u201cThomas Paine and the Promise of America\u201d, by Harvey J. Kaye, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Come share ideas, learn from different perspectives, and enjoy lively conversation with fellow history enthusiasts, register at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NRPL_PastPages_Jan2026?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExTUNaUmg4QzRlSmwxS0l5bnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR715Y4tApKheS4ek8RaVAOTCNxlBdGZRUoJ8Deyjy_qbg5LIguM4_FIk6e2RA_aem_2aZn-6_NFMvgyTdAfyeKdA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">bit.ly\/NRPL_PastPages_Jan2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you a history buff, or simply curious about the stories that shaped our world? Join us for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-98278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}