The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum are sponsoring a free Zoom presentation, "Seen by Sea: An Appreciation of the New England Coast" presented by author Alison O Leary on Wednesday, Jan.
WESTMINSTER When a ship the size of the Titanic – the Laconia – was sunk by a U-boat during World War II, some of its nearly 3,000 British passengers and Italian POWs were rescued by the very U-boat that sank their ship. The highly unusual story then becomes more bizarre. At one point, the […]
NEWBURYPORT — The Newburyport Public Library is hosting the upcoming virtual program "Abandon Ship! The Most Unique Story of WW2" on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m.