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Upcoming Events and Speakers
May 9 Sat “The Civil War in a Global Context” with Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean @ The National Civil War Museum May 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its fifth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean
"The Civil War in a Global Context"
Presented by Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean is the Fred C. Frey Professor of History and History Department Chair at Louisiana State University.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Jun 13 Sat “A Broken Regiment – The 16th Connecticut’s Civil War” with Dr. Lesley Jill Gordon @ The National Civil War Museum Jun 13 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its sixth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Lesley Jill Gordon.
"A Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War"
Presentation with Dr. Lesley Jill Gordon- Professor of History at the University of Alabama.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Jul 18 Sat “Shaping the Contours of Federalism: the American Civil War in New Perspective” with Dr. Stephen D. Engle @ The National Civil War Museum Jul 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its seventh program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Stephen D. Engle.
"Shaping the Contours of Federalism: The American Civil War in New Perspective"
Presentation with Dr. Stephen D. Engle - Professor and Director, History Symposium Series at Florida Atlantic University.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Aug 8 Sat “U.S. Grant, the Meaning of the Civil War, and the Election of 1868” with Dr. Joan Waugh @ The National Civil War Museum Aug 8 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its eighth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Joan Waugh.
"U.S. Grant, the Meaning of the Civil War, and the Election of 1868"
Presentation with Dr. Joan Waugh - Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Aug 22 Sat From Gettysburg to Little Big Horn: The George Armstrong Custer, Civil War and Indian Wars 2020 Symposium @ The National Civil War Museum Aug 22 @ 8:45 am – 5:00 pm Sep 19 Sat “The Jubal Early School: How the Losers Wrote Civil War History” with Dr. Kathryn J. Shively @ The National Civil War Museum Sep 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its ninth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Kathryn J. Shively.
"The Jubal Early School: How the Losers Wrote Civil War History"
Presentation with Dr. Kathryn J. Shively - Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Oct 17 Sat “The Supreme Court and the Civil War” with Dr. Rachel A. Shelden @ The National Civil War Museum Oct 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its tenth program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Rachel A. Shelden.
"The Supreme Court and the Civil War"
Presentation with Dr. Rachel A. Shelden - Associate Professor of History and Director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State University.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Nov 21 Sat “George B. McClellan and the Problems of Civil-Military Relations” with Dr. Ethan Rafuse @ The National Civil War Museum Nov 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its eleventh program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Dr. Ethan Rafuse.
"George B. McClellan and the Problems of Civil-Military Relations"
Presentation with Dr. Ethan Rafuse - Professor of History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
Dec 5 Sat “Sorting Through Rumors, Whispers and Rumblings about Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade” with Cindy Small @ The National Civil War Museum Dec 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 
The National Civil War Museum will offer its twelfth and final program in our 2020 Lessons in History Speaker Series of 12 free lectures to the public with Cindy Small.
"Sorting Through Rumors, Whispers and Rumblings about Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade"
Presentation with Cindy Small - Author, Historian and is retired from the Gettysburg Foundation.
The 2020 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
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