Free America 250 lecture to discuss the Underground Railroad and northwest Ohio – BG Independent News

Free America 250 lecture to discuss the Underground Railroad and northwest Ohio – BG Independent News

From GRAND RAPIDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Grand Rapids Historical Society has announced a 250th lecture series celebrating 250 years of American history. The programs arranged chronologically from Fallen Timbers to the Vietnam War will take place from April through October. The speakers will be featured in the auditorium of the historic Grand Rapids Town Hall, 24282 Front St. The next lecture will take place on Saturday, June 20, at 7 p.m. The topic of the next program of the series will be the Underground Railroad and northwest Ohio, presented by Dr. Josh Steedman. Steedman specializes in early American history. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo, where he studied multinational interactions in the 19th-century Great Lakes region. A faculty member at Defiance College, he draws on experiences in K-12 education. Beyond academia, he enjoys illustration and music and lives in Waterville with his wife and their two pets, Bernie and Lucy. There will be 13 programs presented as part of this lecture series. Admission is free and open to the public, and people are invited to help celebrate this milestone birthday of the country by attending these programs.