Summer at the Great Lakes: A History of Piracy on the Great Lakes
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 12 - 1 p.m.
Location
Akron-Summit County Public Library
60 S High St
Details
A speaker from the National Museum of the Great Lakes will present a historical examination of piracy. No parrots or peg legs included but a healthy dose of thievery, mutiny, and other unsavory tales.
Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.643.9020.
Celebrate Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading theme with a local connection: the Great Lakes!
Topics, speakers, and times are below:
12 pm: A History of Piracy on the Great Lakes, Auditorium. A speaker from the National Museum of the Great Lakes will present a historical examination of piracy. No parrots or peg legs included but a healthy dose of thievery, mutiny, and other unsavory tales.
1 pm: Paranormal Great Lakes, Auditorium. Local author Charles Cassady, Jr. will share fantastic sailors' tales, mysteries, and legends of the five majestic freshwater seas. Presented for the ghost-buster, skeptic, or the just plain curious.
2 pm: The Flood of 1913, Library Park Amphitheater. A park ranger from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and volunteer actors will recount real-life tales of one of the worst natural disasters the state has ever seen.
For questions or additional information please contact the Business, Government & Science desk at 330.643.9020 or stdiv@akronlibrary.org.
