BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Akron-Summit County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Akron-Summit County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b488ace2-6001-410e-9043-22fa6dd24f44 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260802T030255Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220716T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220716T150000 SUMMARY:Summer at the Great Lakes LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Main Library:geo:41.0833864,-81.5169097 GEO:41.0833864;-81.5169097 DESCRIPTION:Join a park ranger from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and volunteer actors to hear the real-life tales of one of the worst natural d isasters the state has ever seen..\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event /6565107 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Celebrate Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading theme with a local connection: the Great Lakes!

Topics\, speakers\ , and times are below:

12 pm: A History of Piracy on the Great Lak es\, Auditorium. A speaker from the National Museum of the Great Lakes wil l present a historical examination of piracy. No parrots or peg legs inclu ded but a healthy dose of thievery\, mutiny\, and other unsavory tales.

1 pm: Paranormal Great Lakes\, Auditorium. Local author Charles Cass ady\, Jr. will share fantastic sailors' tales\, mysteries\, and legends of the five majestic freshwater seas. Presented for the ghost-buster\, skept ic\, or the just plain curious.

2 pm: The Flood of 1913\, Library Park Amphitheater. A park ranger from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park an d volunteer actors will recount real-life tales of one of the worst natura l disasters the state has ever seen.

The Flood of 1913 with the Cu yahoga Valley National Park is part of our all-day Summer at the Great Lak es program. This program will be held outside at the Library Amphitheater. For questions or additional information\, you can reach the Business\, Go vernment\, and Science desk at 330.643.9020 or stdiv@akronlibrary.org.

For more assistance or further reading\, check out these resources:

Washed Aw ay: How the Great Flood of 1913\, America's Most Widespread Natural Disast er\, Terrorized a Nation and Changed it Forever by Geoff Williams (Nonfiction)
A Flood of Memories: One Hundred Years After th e Flood: Images from 1913 and Today by the Miami Conservancy Dist rict with modern photography by Andy Snow (Nonfiction)
Sisters of Sweetwater Fury by Kinley Bryan (Historical Fiction)

[Image used is "Flood - North Howard Street\," a postcard showing a destroyed home on N. Howard Street in Akron\, Ohio from the Flood of 191 3. Image was accessed from Summit Memory's General Photography Collection of the Akron Summit County Public Library. To view more images from the Fl ood of 1913 in Summit Memory\, click here.]