CAMDEN — Maine marine historian Charles Lagerbom will be the third presenter in the Camden Rockport Historical Society’s Winter Speaker Series in partnership with the Camden Public Library. On Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m., in an early kickoff to the library’s April Maritime Month, Lagerbom will speak on the U.S.S. Maine, History, Life, Death and Remembrance of the ship that took a nation to war.

Charles H. Lagerbom received his MA in History/Archeology from University of Maine. He organized surveys of ship remains in Maine lakes, the 1779 Penobscot Expedition and the 17th century English galleon Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid. Two field seasons were spent in Antarctica with University of Maine Quaternary Institute, now Climate Change Institute.

He is author of Whaling in Maine and Maine to Cape Horn: The Most Dangerous Journey and writes a maritime column entitled Half Seas Over for a local newspaper, Village Soup.

In addition to AP US History, Lagerbom teaches New England Maritime History and co-teaches the Marine Studies Class as part of the Belfast Marine Institute while also frequently speaking on Antarctica, Cape Horn, Maine whaling and New England colonial and maritime history.

“Join us in the Picker Room at the Camden Library for an engaging speaker on another aspect of Maine’s Maritime History,” said the historical society, in a news release.

The program will also be Zoomed in the event of an early Spring storm. To register for a Zoom link to attend virtually visit librarycamden.org.