Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine's Greatest Generation

Speaker: Morgan Rielly; Recorded August 19, 2014 - Westbrook High School graduate Morgan Rielly's lifelong passion for history and stories motivated him to interview and record the personal histories of local World War II veterans. Throughout his four years in high school, Morgan researched, tracked down, and talked at length to numerous men and women, many of whose experiences and memories are collected in Neighborhood Heroes , published by Down East Books. The author shares some of these compelling stories, and how he was inspired to begin the project in the first place.