Worcester – Andrew Carroll, American author, editor, activist, and historian will be speaking at Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community in the Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester on Tuesday, July 23 at 2pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Carroll will share his journey as he discovered and recorded some of the intriguing historical events written in his most recent book Here Is Where. His new book chronicles Andrew Carroll’s eye-opening –and at times hilarious journey across America to find and explore unmarked historic sites where extraordinary moments occurred and remarkable individuals once lived.
Sparking the idea for this book was Carroll’s visit to the spot where Abraham Lincoln’s son was saved by the brother of Lincoln’s assassin. Carroll wondered, How many other unmarked places are there where intriguing events have unfolded and that we walk past every day, not realizing their significance? To answer that question, Carroll ultimately trekked to every region of the country—by car, train, plane, helicopter, bus, bike and kayak, and on foot. In many cases, the sites he visited are linked to a larger story (war, slavery, Civil Rights, landmark legal rulings, scientific and medical advances, etc).