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April 4 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Parked at Home: Featuring Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Inspiration can strike any time—and anywhere. Discover how national parks share stories about creativity, hard work, and innovation across the United States.

In the 1700s, blacksmiths and carpenters in the Blackstone River Valley created the parts and machines that launched the Industrial Revolution in America.

A century later, in West Orange, New Jersey, Thomas Edison continued this legacy of invention in his home and laboratory. This talk will explore some of the lesser-known figures in the history of technology as well as the famous Wizard of Menlo Park.

To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlcu6qrj4qGtXu0G-uxX6yW6CJAHAtFpMt#/registration.