# Event Details - **Event Name**: AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 19 Jun, 2025 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: C-SPAN'S Susan Swain interviews Journalist/Historian Rick Atkinson on his latest book in the Revolution trilogy, The Fate of the Day.About this EventThe Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library Board of Trustees invites you to an evening with Pulitzer Prize winning author, historian and journalist, Rick Atkinson as he discusses the newest volume in his Revolution Trilogy, The Fate of the Day, with Susan Swain, recently retired co-Chief Executive Officer, President and board member of C-SPAN.The Annual Summer Author Event will be held Thursday, June 19 at the Kennebunk River Club, 116 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport. Doors open at 5:00 PM for cocktails and appetizers with the program beginning promptly at 5:45 PM. As the library’s largest annual fundraiser, the event supports the library’s essential operations and celebrates the community’s commitment to ideas, featuring nationally recognized authors and speakers.“Rick Atkinson takes his place among the greatest of all historians. This superb second volume in his Revolution Trilogy is that rare narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Familiar characters become dimensional and complicated, new ones burst to life vividly, and the battles and struggles that created our country now have clarity and meaning.” —KEN BURNSCoinciding with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of America’s war for independence, Atkinson’s THE FATE OF THE DAY: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 is the second volume of his landmark Revolution Trilogy following, The British Are Coming. Atkinson’s brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history, but also a new perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on its citizens.Atkinson has produced a remarkable oeuvre of bestselling history that includes the Liberation Trilogy (the first volume, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943, received the Pulitzer in History), The Long Gray Line, Crusade, In the Company of Soldiers.Atkinson will be interviewed by Susan Swain, who audiences will recognize from her decades of work with C-SPAN, where she helped launch BookTV and American History TV in addition to holding key responsibilities with day-to-day operations as co-Chief Executive Officer of C-SPAN, the nation’s eighth largest cable television network.Attendees receive a copy of THE FATE OF THE DAY with the purchase of two event tickets, to be given at the event.Some sponsors include: Spinnaker Trust, Kennebunk River Club, the Colony Hotel, Kitchen Chicks Catering, Hurlbutt Design, Robert and Marjorie Dennis, Michael and Victoria Donaghy, Allyn and Norma Lamb, Paul Mahoney, Sarah and Tom Vander Schaaff, Maine & Vine, Edison Press, and Schooner Eleanor.Agenda?: 05:00 PM - 05:45 PMCOCKTAIL RECEPTION - GUESTS ARRIVE AT 5:00 PM?: 05:45 PM - 05:50 PMWELCOME - EVERYONE TAKES A SEAT AT 5:45 PM?: 05:50 PM - 06:00 PMJOYCE BUTLER STUDENT HISTORIAN AWARD - 5:50 PM?: 06:00 PM - 06:05 PMINTRODUCTION OF GUESTS 6:00 PM?: 06:05 PM - 07:10 PMSUSAN SWAIN INTERVIEWS RICK ATKINSON - 6:05 PM?: 07:15 PM - 07:45 PMBOOK SIGNING - 7:15 PM - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kennebunkport/an-evening-with-historian-rick-atkinson-and-susan-swain/100001296192459539 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, performances, theatre, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 108.55, max: 108.55, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Kennebunkport - **state**: ME - **country**: United States - **location**: Kennebunk River Club - **lat**: 43.3501824 - **long**: -70.472137 - **full address**: Kennebunk River Club, 116 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/9ffe66291170b76cde4a45d9548b9f8d008b481f9b25c2d520769cd45ab7495e-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf1f4f0-gmir.jpg?v=1743362684 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN being held? - **A:** AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN takes place on Thu, 19 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 19 Jun, 2025 at 07:30 pm at Kennebunk River Club, 116 Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN? - **A:** AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN is organized by Graves Memorial Public Library. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** AN EVENING WITH HISTORIAN RICK ATKINSON & SUSAN SWAIN is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kennebunkport, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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