The room is full upstairs at the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society for a night of history.
It's Thursday and speaker and author Robert Booth is talking about where Marblehead and New England and the rest of America stood on war with Britain in 1812.
New England states opposed the war but Marbleheaders supported it. The town was down at the heels and had little to lose.
They were strange times, Robert Booth said
We will have a full report on Robert's talk as well as information on where you find his new book in an upcoming Patch post.
Robert Booth is the author of Mad for Glory: A Rogue American & The Pacific World, 1813-1815
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