Knox County historian and author Aaron Keirns will present an illustrated story on the Shenandoah airship crash at the Knox County Historical Society Museum. The event is scheduled for August 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the museum located at 875 Harcourt Road in Mount Vernon.
Keirns describes the historic event as follows: "On a stormy September morning in 1925, the giant Navy airship, Shenandoah, tumbled out of the sky and crashed into aviation history." His presentation will feature photographs and illustrations from private collections and museum archives, many of which have not been publicly displayed before.
Keirns' book, "America's Forgotten Airship Disaster: The Crash of the U.S.S. Shenandoah," will be available for purchase during the meeting. A graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Anthropology, Keirns has written feature articles for newspapers and worked as a professional graphic artist and book designer. He has also taught Digital Media Design, Photography, and Typography at the college level.
The meeting is free and open to all who are interested in local history. Visitors can browse the museum an hour before and after the presentation. For more information, contact the museum at 740-393-5247.
