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Contact: Jennifer Zazo, (413) 271-3976
SPRINGFIELD MA - Look around you. Notice the boxes of letters in the attic or the unmarked historic sites in your neighborhood. Well respected Author, Andrew Carroll, will open our eyes to "Forgotten" and valuable history; hidden War letters, unmarked Historic Sites, and the voices of past generations. Scheduled for Sunday, March 30, the event commences at 2:00 pm. Admission is free. Carroll, author of three New York Times best-selling books, will present a talk and book signing on his esteemed Legacy Project. Launched to collect the wartime correspondence of US troops he began to amass stories about extraordinary people and places that history had forgotten. His new travelogue, Here is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History, chronicles his exploration of unmarked historic sites in each of the 50 states. Springfield Armory Women Ordnance Workers will lend their voices in recognition of their untold stories by sharing their work experiences at Springfield Armory during World War II. Chief of Interpretation, Joanne M. Gangi-Wellman notes "Participation in the program affords visitors a chance to hear the stories of ancestors hidden in plain sight in the Armory museum exhibit cases, in the conversations with Armory WOWs, and in Carroll's books that reveal national examples of "Forgotten" history." Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates and preserves the site of our Nation's first armory, established in 1794. As a unit of the National Park Service, the Visitor Center, Museum, buildings, and grounds are open daily,9am – 5pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day. Admission is free. To browse our website, go to www.nps.gov/spar, or call us at: 413-734-8551. Explore all of your National Parks at www.nps.gov -NPS- |
Last updated: February 26, 2015