America 250 Speakers Series: Mollee Kruger & The Cobbler's Last

Mollee Kruger, poet, journalist, and memorialist, was born in Bel Air on March 28, 1929. She lived with her family over their shoe store on Main Street. Her book The Cobbler’s Last recounts her life here during the Great Depression and World War II. While still in high school, Mollee wrote for one of the local newspapers, receiving the grand sum of five cents per column inch for her copy. After graduating from the University of Maryland, Mollee became an internationally recognized, award-winning writer noted for her humor and wisdom, writing TV and radio scripts, several poetry collections, essays, and columns for the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, and numerous other publications. Her career as a novelist didn’t begin until she was 86. Since then, she has published eleven more novels. Join Executive Director Christine Potts and videographer Morgan Knox on Tuesday, October 13 at 12:30 pm to learn the full story of this prolific Bel Air author and take a tour of Bel Air as they share Mollee’s stories about Bel Air in the 30s and 40s. Registration required. Members $10, non-members $25 Register Now