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Thursday, August 21
“Lincoln: Evolution of a President” public lecture by Erin Bishop, former Education Director of the Lincoln Library and Museum in Illinois, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library’s Civil War Series.
Friday, August 22
Free walking tour of Camden, 4:00 pm, hosted by the Camden Public Library and the Downtown Business Group, begins at library. Tours last an hour; reservations are encouraged, please call the library at 236-3440.
Saturday, August 23
“How Maine Saved the Union” with author Jerry Desmond, 2:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library’s Civil War Series.
Living history re-enactors from the 20th Maine Company B will be camping in Camden’s Harbor Park and hosting a day-long program of mini-lectures, displays, military drill, and firing drill, as part of the Camden Public Library’s Civil War Series.
Tuesday, August 26
Earle Shettleworth, Maine State Historian, presents a pictorial review of the Civil War, “Maine Civil War Photography,” with vintage photographs, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library’s Civil War Series.
Thursday, August 28
“The Medicine of the Civil War,” by Dr. Richard Kahn, with historical medical paraphernalia, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library’s Civil War Series.
Friday, August 29
Free walking tour of Camden, 4:00 pm, hosted by the Camden Public Library and the Downtown Business Group, begins at library. Tours last an hour; reservations are encouraged, please call the library at 236-3440.
Saturday, August 30
“The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,” an illustrated lecture by Dick Cornelia, about the sinking of the Essex in the Pacific. 1:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, as part of Windjammer Festival. The true story of the Essex was the source of Melville’s Moby Dick.
Thursday, September 4
Author Paul Doiron of Camden presents the latest in his “Poacher’s Son” series, The Bone Orchard, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library.
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