08/23/2016
7:00 pm
Location
Boothbay Railway Village museum
586 Wiscasset Road
Boothbay
Event Type
Operation Market Garden was the largest air drop in history.
This remarkable story of bravery, hubris, stupidity, and genius is the subject of the illustrated lecture titled WWII Storm Boat Outboard Motors and the History of Operation Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far, by Larry Stevenson. Stevenson will present his lecture at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 23 at the Boothbay Railway Village museum, 586 Wiscasset Road/Route 27, Boothbay.
Stevenson is an outboard-motor historian and collector, and has donated nearly 300 historic outboard motors to the Boothbay Railway Village. He is a West Boothbay Harbor summer resident, a Navy and Coast Guard Auxiliary veteran, and a retired UPS international industrial engineering manager in the international operation. He has lived in the U.K., Belgium, and Germany.
A donation of $5 is suggested and proceeds will benefit the museum’s general operating fund.
For information on the many special Boothbay Railway Village events throughout the season, go to railwayvillage.org or call 633-4727.
