Thursday, September 19
With an eye toward next year’s 100th anniversary of the start of the “Great War,” Maine author Richard Rubin discusses his book, The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World, and his quest to connect with World War I vets before their final flight, at Maine Historical Society (489 Congress St., Portland) at noon. Free. 774-1822. mainehistory.org.