Author and historian Marty Podskoch from East Hampton, will give a Power Point presentation on his new book, Connecticut Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories and Legacy at the Litchfield Community Center.

This year is the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It began on March 31, 1933 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program to relieve the poverty and unemployment of the Depression.

After the presentation Marty Podskoch will have his new Conn. CCC book available for sale and signing and also his eleven books on the Catskills, Adirondack mountains and his two new travel book, Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport and Guide to Exploring Connecticut and Rhode Island 39 Club. In 2021 he published a book on the Rhode Island CCC Camps. Presently Podskoch is conducting research on the CCC camps in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Litchfield Community Center
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-8302
https://thecommunitycenter.org/event.php?id=14332