Sockalexis topic of Mount Vernon library program July 8

MOUNT VERNON — Maine author Ed Rice will talk about Louis Sockalexis — the first known Native American to play professional baseball 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 8, at Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road.
Sockalexis, of Indian Island on the Penobscot reservation, became a major civil rights icon, representing the Penobscot Nation and Maine. Rice is a former journalist, college instructor and author of “Baseball’s First Indian.”
The public is invited to attend this free event; refreshments will be served. For more information, call 207-293-2565.