Free Lecture to Explore Northwest Ohio’s Immigrant Communities

GRAND RAPIDS, Ohio — The Grand Rapids Historical Society’s 250th Lecture Series will continue Saturday, Sept. 19, with a free program on immigrant communities in Northwest Ohio.

The lecture, “Immigrant Communities in Northwest Ohio,” will be presented by Dr. Joshua Steedman at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Historic Grand Rapids Town Hall, 24282 Front St.

Steedman is a faculty member at Defiance College and specializes in early American history. He earned his doctorate from the University of Toledo, where he studied multinational interactions in the 19th-century Great Lakes region. He also has experience in K-12 education.

The program is part of the Historical Society’s 13-part lecture series celebrating 250 years of American history. The series runs from April through October and follows topics arranged chronologically from the Battle of Fallen Timbers through the Vietnam War.

Admission is free and open to the public.