Matthew Dodd will present "Songs and Stories of the Red, White and Blue" on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Eicher Arts Center, 409 Cocalico St., in Ephrata Borough's Grater Park.

Dodd's program will include notable patriotic songs from U.S. history, including George M. Cohan's "You're a Grand Old Flag." Against the backdrop of different American flags representing the eras when each of the songs in the program was composed, he will sing the lyrics, play the music on the guitar and fiddle and tell stories about the songs' creation and the people who composed them.

A former teacher with a strong interest in history as well as music, Dodd has become a Pennsylvanian troubadour, offering music and history programs featuring different American themes and historical periods.

The program will take place in the Eicher House, which originated as the Eicher farmhouse building in the 1730s. To save the Eicher House and the smaller Eicher Sisters House nearby from demolition in the 1980s, the nonprofit Eicher Arts Center Inc. was formed to work with Ephrata Borough to restore and find new uses for the structures. Dodd's program is the final program on the Eicher Arts Center's 2021 schedule of cultural and entertainment events for the public.

Admission to the Nov. 14 program is free. Donations to the Arts Center will be accepted.

The Arts Center urges audience members to bring masks to wear at the event.