"Remember the Maine!" History of the USS Maine with Charles Lagerbom

The Camden Public Library kicked Maritime Month by welcoming historian Charles Lagerbom for his talk about the USS Maine on Tuesday, March 26. This event was part of the 2024 Speaker Series put on in partnership with the Camden-Rockport Historical Society, as well as a part of the library's Maritime Month program series.
Charles H. Lagerbom received his MA in History/Archaeology from University of Maine. He organized surveys of ship remains in Maine lakes, the 1779 Penobscot Expedition and the 17th century English galleon Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid. Two field seasons were spent in Antarctica with University of Maine Quaternary Institute, now Climate Change Institute. He is author of Whaling in Maine and Maine to Cape Horn: The Most Dangerous Journey and writes a maritime column entitled Half Seas Over for the local newspaper Village Soup. In addition to AP US History, Charles teaches New England Maritime History and co-teaches the Marine Studies Class as part of the Belfast Marine Institute while also frequently speaking on Antarctica, Cape Horn, Maine whaling and New England colonial and maritime history.

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I own one of the plaques. Great presentation. Thanks