May 21 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Join us as we welcome Garet Livermore, executive director of Great Camp
Sagamore, in the Adirondacks. Built in 1897, Sagamore is one of the nation’s
finest surviving Great Camps, and profoundly influenced the American Rustic
Style (c.1890-1920). In 1901 Alfred Vanderbilt bought the estate and directed
much of its architectural expansion into a preeminent summer retreat. After his death in the Lusitania disaster, this work was continued by his widow, Margaret Emerson. Mr. Livermore will illuminate for us this unique cultural resource.
More at: greatcampsagamore.org
May 21 • 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor
Ed marks the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7 by describing the ship, its construction and interior design, passengers and crew, and lost art. He will also review of Eric Larson’s recent book on the disaster, Dead Wake, with its emphasis on the naval and governmental oversights that made the sinking probable.
