Chicago actor and historian R.J. Lindsey will present "Stories Aboard the Titanic" on the Zoom platform on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7.p.m.  Lindsey will portray Carr Van Anda, Managing Editor of the of the N.Y. Times.  He will detail the building of the ship with its safety features, luxury accommodations and errors in construction.  He then follows the ship hour by hour on its fateful voyage describing several on board passengers, famous and not so famous, and what happened to them. He also relates the dramatic and dangerous voyage of the rescue ship Carpathia and its superb captain, Arthur Henry Rostron.

Free program is co-sponsored by the Addison Historical Society and Addison Public Library.