Machias/Communal
The Cattaraugus County Museum's "Summer at the Stone House" lecture series continues Monday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. with a talk on the history of Independence Day in America. The speaker, Chris Mackowski, is a writing professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs in St. Bonaventure University's Jandoli School of Communication, as well as editor-in-chief of Emerging Civil War. The free program takes place at the museum's Stone House location on Route 16, with a livestream planned for those who can't attend in person. Organizers say the talk is part of the museum's ongoing effort to bring regional historians to Machias for public programming through the summer.