The series of programs, “Revolutionary Belfast” continues at the Belfast Free Library continues with this talk with author and AP U.S. History teacher Charles H. “Chip” Lagerbom.

In this illustrated presentation Lagerbom will describe the discovery and history of Jonathan Lowder’s Truckhouse which was built along the banks of Penobscot River near present-day Veazie. he Truckhouse site was discovered in the summer of 1988, while actually searching for a different colonial site. This is the story of early mid-Maine colonial history and a war-time Truckhouse right here in our backyard.

Charles H. “Chip” Lagerbom received his B.A. in History from Kansas State University and M.A. in History and Archaeology from University of Maine at Orono with the excavation and analysis of a Revolutionary War Truckhouse or trading post. An avid diver, Charles has organized shipwreck surveys in Maine lakes, the 1779 Penobscot Expedition and the 17th century English galleon Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid. He travels to and speaks frequently on topics regarding Antarctica, Cape Horn, Maine whaling and New England colonial and maritime history.