Literary Events - Talks - Debates - Book Launch in Bridgeport, United States
My Year in 'Nam: A Soldier's Story
Event
Sunday, March 24, 2024
1400
- 1515
Free
Literary Events - Talks - Debates - Book Launch
As the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, there's likely to be a great deal of reflection and commentary about the U.S. role in the conflict. In contrast, former U.S. Marine Robert Kukiel, of Seymour, will offer a detailed description of what ..
Ebenezer Bassett: CT Hero and America's First Black Ambassador
Seymour
Sunday, February 18, 2024
1400
- 1515
Free
Literary Events - Talks - Debates - Book Launch
Ebenezer Bassett was a man ahead of his time. In the mid-19th century, when most African Americans led difficult lives, Bassett was educated in Derby schools, attended college, and became a teacher, an activist, and an abolitionist. In 1869, President Ulysses Grant n ..