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SUMMARY:The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor - Lessons in History Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our In-Person Lessons in History Speaker Series as Dr. Bradley M. Gottfried discusses his new book\, The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor\, Including all Cavalry Operations\, May 7 through June 3\, 1864\, on Saturday\, June 15\, 2024\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm.  \nAbout the book: The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor: An Atlas of the Fighting at Spotsylvania Court House Through Cold Harbor\, Including all Cavalry Operations\, May 7 through June 3\, 1864\, continues the actions of both armies through the completion of the Overland Campaign. After the Wilderness fighting\, the Army of the Potomac attempted to swing around the right flank of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and shoot straight for Richmond. The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor breaks down the entire operation into thirty-five map sets or “action sections” enriched with 134 detailed full-page color maps. \nAbout the author: Born and raised in Philadelphia\, Brad Gottfried earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from Miami University and spent four decades as an educator in higher education. He has served as a full-time faculty member\, department head\, campus dean\, chief academic officer and president. Before retiring in 2017\, he served as President of Sussex County Community College (NJ) and College of Southern Maryland for the past 17 years. His interest in the Civil War began at an early age and was rekindled when he returned to an administrative position in the Philadelphia area. His fourteenth book was recently published. His early writing primarily centered on the Battle of Gettysburg\, and he wrote five books on this topic. He has also written two brigade-level histories. His current “niche” is map books\, where he thoroughly describes campaigns through the use of maps. Seven books have been published in this series: Gettysburg\, First Bull Run\, Antietam\, Fredericksburg\, Cavalry at Gettysburg\, Bristoe/Mine Run\, and the Wilderness\, have been published. The Maps of Spotsylvania through Cold Harbor will be published next. He is also working on a variety of other Civil War-related projects. In addition to writing\, Brad is an Antietam Certified Battlefield Guide and a Gettysburg Licensed Town Guide. He may have retired\, but he is still an educator. Brad is married to his wife\, Linda and between them\, they have four grown children and six grandchildren. The Gottfrieds moved from Southern Maryland to Fayetteville\, Pennsylvania\, which is just west of Gettysburg. \nThe 2024 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC\, OSHA/HHS guidance\, and orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/the-maps-of-spotsylvania-through-cold-harbor-lessons-in-history-presentation/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore presents An Evening with Harold Holzer\, with NCWM CEO\, Jeffrey Nichols
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore presents An Evening with Harold Holzer\, with NCWM CEO\, Jeffrey Nichols\, welcoming bestselling historian Harold Holzer to Harrisburg for a conversation and signing on his new novel\, Brought Forth on This Continent”: Abraham Lincoln and America Immigration. This event is free and open to the public. \nTo enter the signing line\, books must be purchased from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event\, or you may preorder a copy of the book for pickup/shipment. Preordered copies will not be signed until after the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nPREORDER A SIGNED COPY\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer\, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. \nIn the three decades before the Civil War\, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States\, forever altering the nation’s demographics\, culture\, and—perhaps most significantly—voting patterns. America’s newest residents fueled the national economy\, but they also wrought enormous changes in the political landscape and exposed an ugly\, at times violent\, vein of nativist bigotry. \nAbraham Lincoln’s rise ran parallel to this turmoil; even Lincoln himself did not always rise above it. Tensions over immigration would split and ultimately destroy Lincoln’s Whig Party years before the Civil War. Yet the war made clear just how important immigrants were\, and how interwoven they had become in American society. \nHarold Holzer\, winner of the Lincoln Prize\, charts Lincoln’s political career through the lens of immigration\, from his role as a member of an increasingly nativist political party to his evolution into an immigration champion\, a progression that would come at the same time as he refined his views on abolition and Black citizenship. As Holzer writes\, “The Civil War could not have been won without Lincoln’s leadership; but it could not have been fought without the immigrant soldiers who served and\, by the tens of thousands\, died that the ‘nation might live.’” An utterly captivating and illuminating work\, Brought Forth on This Continent assesses Lincoln’s life and legacy in a wholly original way\, unveiling remarkable similarities between the nineteenth century and the twenty-first. \nAbout the Author: \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarold Holzer is the recipient of the 2015 Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize. One of the country’s leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era\, Holzer was appointed chairman of the US Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission by President Bill Clinton and awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush. He currently serves as the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College\, City University of New York.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/the-midtown-scholar-bookstore-presents-an-evening-with-harold-holzer-with-ncwm-ceo-jeffrey-nichols/
LOCATION:the Midtown Bookstore\, 1302 North 3rd St.\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History w/John Reeves\, A Fire in the Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our in-person event: Lessons in History\, Saturday\, May 11\, 2024\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ~ John Reeves\, A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee \nAuthor John  Reeves tells the story of the first bloody showdown between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in May 1864; when the future of the United States depended on the Union Army’s success in a desolate forest roughly sixty-five miles from the nation’s capital. \nGuests can tour the Museum Galleries for an entrance fee of $16.00 for Adults\, $15.00 for Seniors and AAA\, and $14.00 for Students and Military. Admission to the presentation is free. \n  \nAbout the Author; John Reeves is the author of The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee and A Fire in the Wilderness: The First Battle Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. He has been a teacher\, editor\, and writer for over twenty-five years. The Civil War\, in particular\, has been his passion since he first read Bruce Catton’s The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War as an elementary school student in the 1960s. John’s articles on Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant have been featured in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, and on the History News Network.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-w-john-reeves-a-fire-in-the-wilderness/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation w/Dr. Robert K.D. Colby via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 2\, 2024\, at 7:00 pm for a CIVIL CONVERSATION. This is a live ZOOM event ~ Dr. Robert K. D. Colby\, author of An Unholy Traffic will engage in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. Register here: Civil Conversation with Dr. Robert Colby \nAbout the book: The Confederate States of America was born in defense of slavery and\, after a four-year struggle to become an independent slaveholding republic\, died as emancipation dawned. Between Fort Sumter to Appomattox\, Confederates bought and sold thousands African American men\, women\, and children. These transactions in humanity made the internal slave trade a cornerstone of Confederate society\, a bulwark of the Rebel economy\, and a central part of the experience of the Civil War for all inhabiting the American South. \nAs An Unholy Traffic shows\, slave trading helped Southerners survive and fight the Civil War\, as well as to build the future for which they fought. They mitigated the crises the war spawned by buying and selling enslaved people\, using this commerce to navigate food shortages\, unsettled gender roles\, the demands of military service\, and other hardships on the home front. Some Rebels speculated wildly in human property\, investing in slaves to ward off inflation and to buy shares in the slaveholding nation they hoped to create. Others traded people to counter the advance of emancipation. Given its centrality to their nationhood\, Confederates went to great lengths to prolong the slave trade\, which\, in turn\, supported the Confederacy. For those held in slavery\, the surviving slave trade dramatically shaped their pursuit of freedom\, inserting a retrograde movement into some people’s journeys toward liberty while inspiring others to make the risky decision to escape \nOffering an original perspective on the intersections of slavery\, capitalism\, the Civil War\, and emancipation\, Robert K.D. Colby illuminates the place of the peculiar institution within the Confederate mind\, the ways in which it underpinned the CSA’s war effort\, and its impact on those attempting to seize their freedom. \nAbout the author: Dr. Robert K.D. Colby is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His research on the domestic slave trade has won multiple awards\, including the Allan Nevins Prize of the Society of American Historians.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-w-dr-robert-k-d-colby-via-zoom/
LOCATION:PA
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SUMMARY:INDEPENDENCE: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe National Civil War Museum Proudly Presents INDEPENDENCE: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker\, with Kathie Barnes as Dr. Mary Walker\, written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz\, and produced by Tina Dwyer on Saturday\, April 20\, 2024\, at 1:00 pm\, and is Free to the public. This one-act play is followed by a Q&A with the actress. \nAbout the play: A women’s history play about Dr. Mary Walker – Civil War Surgeon\, Heroine\, and Positive Role Model. This theatre piece brings to the forefront the life of Doctor Mary Edwards Walker\, the Only Woman to have been awarded our country’s highest honor\, The Congressional Medal of Honor. Living in an era when women had few rights\, Dr. Walker didn’t take ‘No’ for an answer\, becoming one of the first women to wear pants\, to take ‘obey’ out of her marriage vows and the first woman surgeon in the US. A trailblazer for Women’s Rights\, Dr. Mary Walker was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls. Several hospitals bear her name\, yet most people do not know of her. Dr. Mary Walker is truly a heroine who needs to be known – and through the powerful art of theatre\, this is her story. \nINDEPENDENCE premiered at Convention Days\, the annual celebration of Women’s Rights in Seneca Falls\, NY\, booked as one of the main events for Mary Walker Day in her hometown – the Town of Oswego\, NY\, – and has been performed in theatres\, and universities (including Princeton University) and high schools. \nAbout the Artists: \nKATHIE BARNES (Dr. Mary Walker) has enjoyed a wide variety of roles in film\, television and even digital having been a series regular in Warner Brothers first online series DECEPTION. Other favorite roles include a semi­ regular role on ABC’s “All My Children”\, Laura in “The Guiding Light” and Nona in the film “Jimmi”. She previously worked with author/director Lloyd J. Schwartz on two of her favorite theatrical roles\, “What Are We Going to Say to Her?” and the poignant “Poems for Mary.” Other favorite theatre roles include Agnes in “Dancing at Lughnasa” (Beverly Hills Outlook Award – Best Actress nomination)\, Cora in “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”\, and Deeny in “The  Old  Neighborhood”.  Also\, Emily and The Wife in “Bradbury X 2” (Valley Theatre League Award – Best Actress nomination) produced by Ray Bradbury’s Pandemonium Theatre Company. As a member of Ray Bradbury’s extended family\, she was asked to read a passage written by Ray at the “Ray Bradbury Read” in Los Angeles in August 2016 along with Joe Montegna and others. She has also been privileged to bring to life some of Ray Bradbury’s other exquisitely written characters\, including Blanch Hillgood in ‘The Day It Rained Forever” and Helen Loomis in ‘The Swan”. Other interests include Saving the Tiger – and anything to do with tigers. A lifelong dream came true in 2016 when she went to India and stayed on Tiger Reserves\, living with and tracking tigers in the wild. \nShe notes that Dr. Mary Walker is truly a hero and she is honored to portray her. \nLLOYD J. SCHWARTZ (Playwright/Director) Though a prolific writer/ producer in TV and Movies (Brady Bunch\, Gilligan’s Island\, Alice\, and Baywatch)\, Lloyd is proudest of his accomplishments in theatre. He has had 34 produced plays and has won 16 Valley Theatre League Awards in directing and writing for comedies\, dramas\, musicals and children’s theatre. In 1985\, Schwartz co-founded The Storybook Theatre of Los Angeles with his wife\, Barbara Mallory. Storybook Theatre has been honored by both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. \nLloyd’s inspiration to write this play:  “I subscribe to ‘American History’ magazine. I came across a one-page article about Dr. Mary Walker.  I had never heard of her\, but her life was fascinating.  Why didn’t I know her? Why didn’t everybody?” \nTINA DWYER (Producer) Once completing her degree in Women’s and Gender Studies at The College of New Jersey she pursues her passion in bringing untold stories of the many women who have marched before us and for us. As Producer\, Tina contacts venues\, universities and theaters \, seeks sponsors\, creates bookings\, negotiates contracts and for some productions gives cues in the booth. She also spearheads and books outreach workshops in association with performances\, as well as she and Kathie guest lecture in classes on Women’s Studies. \nWhat Tina hopes you take away from seeing this play: ALL POSITIVE ROLE MODELS ARE IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE! \nhttp://independencedrmarywalker.com\nmwalkerindependence@gmail.com \nINDEPENDENCE was developed at Theatre West\, Los Angeles
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/independence-the-true-story-of-dr-mary-walker/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Free Day
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe National Civil War Museum is proud to announce the rescheduled Community Free Day on April 20\, 2024\, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The National Civil War Museum welcomes visitors to enjoy a day of fun activities and entertainment free of charge. Families can participate in a coloring activity grab-and-go station\, Music with the Long Hill String Band\, the U.S. Sanitary Commission\, and much more. Guests can also watch a very special one-act play\, “Independence: The True Story of Dr. Mary Walker\,” scheduled at 1:00 pm in the Museum Ballroom\, with Kathie Barnes as Dr. Mary Walker\, written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz\, and produced by Tina Dwyer. \nJeffrey L. Nichols\, CEO of The National Civil War Museum. “We invite everyone to join us for a day of learning\, entertainment\, and fun activities.” The National Civil War Museum is a premier destination for history enthusiasts\, scholars\, and families. It is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the legacy of the American Civil War and its impact on American society. \n  \nThe Community Free Day is proudly sponsored by Abel & Son Roofing and Visit Hershey Harrisburg.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/community-free-day/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation w/ Dr. Bruce Levine via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, March 21\, 2024\, at 7:00 pm for a CIVIL CONVERSATION. This is a live ZOOM event ~ Dr. Bruce Levine\, author of Thaddeus Stevens will engage in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. Register here: Book Talk with Dr. Bruce Levine on Thaddeus Stevens \nAbout the book: A “powerful” (The Wall Street Journal) biography of one of the 19th century’s greatest statesmen\, encompassing his decades-long fight against slavery and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America. \nThaddeus Stevens was among the first to see the Civil War as an opportunity for a second American revolution—a chance to remake the country as a genuine multiracial democracy. As one of the foremost abolitionists in Congress in the years leading up to the war\, he was a leader of the young Republican Party’s radical wing\, fighting for anti-slavery and anti-racist policies long before party colleagues like Abraham Lincoln endorsed them. These policies—including welcoming black men into the Union’s armies—would prove crucial to the Union war effort. \nDuring the Reconstruction era that followed\, Stevens demanded equal civil and political rights for Black Americans—rights eventually embodied in the 14th and 15th amendments. But while Stevens in many ways pushed his party—and America—towards equality\, he also championed ideas too radical for his fellow Congressmen ever to support\, such as confiscating large slaveholders’ estates and dividing the land among those who had been enslaved. \nIn Thaddeus Stevens\, acclaimed historian Bruce Levine has written a “vital” (The Guardian)\, “compelling” (James McPherson) biography of one of the most visionary statesmen of the 19th century and a forgotten champion for racial justice in America. \nAbout the author: Bruce Levine\nPhoto by Ruth Hoffman \nBruce Levine is the bestselling author of four books on the Civil War era\, including The Fall of the House of Dixie and Confederate Emancipation\, which received the Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship and was named one of the top ten works of nonfiction of its year by The Washington Post. He is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-w-dr-bruce-levine-via-zoom/
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SUMMARY:February Civil War Dance Classes
DESCRIPTION:Sunday ~ February 25\, March 10\, 2024\, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Get ready for the Civil War Preservation Ball\, in March 2023. This is great family fun!  Attend one or all of the classes and learn the popular formation dances of the 1860s. Partners are encouraged but not required and wear modern\, comfortable\, clothing since this is a physical workout. \nRegister here: contact@civilwardance.org \nPlease include the dates you plan to attend and the names of the attendees. Enrollees will be sent a Civil War Dance Manual. \nConducted by the Victorian Dance Ensemble\, the performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation:\n* 2011 Civil War Trust’s Reenactment Unit of the Year\n* 2016 President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award \nRegular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/february-civil-war-dance-classes/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History Presentation with Edda L. Fields-Black
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Lessons in History Presentation with author Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black\, on March 9\, 2024\, from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the NCWM.  Author Edda L. Fields-Black will talk about the story of the Combahee River Raid\, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments\, based on original documents and written by a descendant of one of the participants.\n\n\n\nThis NCWM Lessons in History presentation will focus on the Combahee River Raid. Most Americans know of Harriet Tubman’s legendary life: escaping enslavement in 1849\, she led more than 60 others out of bondage via the Underground Railroad\, gave instructions on getting to freedom to scores more\, and went on to live a lifetime fighting for change. Yet the many biographies\, children’s books\, and films about Tubman omit a crucial chapter: during the Civil War\, hired by the Union Army\, she ventured into the heart of slave territory–Beaufort\, South Carolina–to live\, work\, and gather intelligence for a daring raid up the Combahee River to attack the major plantations of Rice Country\, the breadbasket of the Confederacy. \nUsing previous unexamined documents\, including Tubman’s US Civil War Pension File\, bills of sale\, wills\, marriage settlements\, and estate papers from planters’ families\, Fields-Black brings to life intergenerational\, extended enslaved families\, neighbors\, praise-house members\, and sweethearts forced to work in South Carolina’s deadly tidal rice swamps\, sold\, and separated during the antebellum period. \n\n\nAbout the author: Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black teaches history at Carnegie Mellon University and has written extensively about the history of West African rice farmers and technology\, including in such works as Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. She was a co-editor of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories. Fields-Black has served as a consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s “Rice Fields of the Lowcountry” and the International African American Museum’s “Carolina Gold” permanent exhibits. She is the executive producer and librettist of “Unburied\, Unmourned\, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice\,” a widely performed original contemporary classical work by three-time EMMY™ Award-winning composer John Wineglass. Fields-Black is a descendant of Africans enslaved on rice plantations in Colleton County\, South Carolina; her great-great-great grandfather fought in the Combahee River Raid.  Her latest book\, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman\, the Combahee River Raid\, and Black Freedom during the Civil War\, was published in February 2024 by Oxford University Press. \nGuests can tour the Museum Galleries for an entrance fee of $16.00 for Adults\, $15.00 for Seniors and AAA\, and $14.00 for Students and Military. Admission to the presentation is free.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-presentation-with-dr-edda-l-fields-black/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:March Civil War Dance Classes
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the Civil War Preservation Ball\, in March 2023. This is great family fun!  Attend one or all of the classes and learn the popular formation dances of the 1860s. Partners are encouraged but not required and wear modern\, comfortable\, clothing since this is a physical workout. \nRegister here: contact@civilwardance.org \nPlease include the dates you plan to attend and the names of the attendees. Enrollees will be sent a Civil War Dance Manual. \nConducted by the Victorian Dance Ensemble\, the performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation:\n* 2011 Civil War Trust’s Reenactment Unit of the Year\n* 2016 President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award \nRegular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. \n  \nImages courtesy of VDE and the Barefoot Historian
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/march-civil-war-dance-classes/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:February Community Free Day
DESCRIPTION:The National Civil War Museum is proud to announce its Community Free Day on February 17\, 2024\, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm\, in honor of Black History Month and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The museum is reopening its doors after a short\, planned closure to perform scheduled maintenance. The National Civil War Museum welcomes visitors to enjoy a day of fun activities and entertainment free of charge. Families can participate in a coloring activity grab-and-go station\, Music with the Long Hill String Band\, Dean Auchenbach: Recruitment into the Army\, the U.S. Sanitary Commission\, and much more. Guests also can witness James Hayney portraying Abraham Lincoln and delivering a special presentation.  \n“We are excited to celebrate Black History Month and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday with our community on this special day\,” said Jeffrey L. Nichols\, CEO of The National Civil War Museum. “We invite everyone to join us for a day of learning\, entertainment\, and fun activities.” The National Civil War Museum is a premier destination for history enthusiasts\, scholars\, and families. It is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the legacy of the American Civil War and its impact on American society.  \nIn addition to the scheduled programming\, the NCWM will open its newest temporary exhibit\, “The Overland Campaign 1864\,” sponsored by Abel & Son Roofing and Siding. This exhibit\, on display through January 31\, 2025\, examines the Virginia Overland Campaign of 1864. \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/february-community-free-day/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Civil War Dance Classes - Free
DESCRIPTION:Civil War Dance Classes – Free\nSunday ~ January 21\, February 25\, March 10\, 2024\, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Get ready for the Civil War Preservation Ball\, in March 2023. This is great family fun!  Attend one or all of the classes and learn the popular formation dances of the 1860s. Partners are encouraged but not required and wear modern\, comfortable\, clothing since this is a physical workout. \nRegister here: contact@civilwardance.org \nPlease include the dates you plan to attend and the names of the attendees. Enrollees will be sent a Civil War Dance Manual. \nConducted by the Victorian Dance Ensemble\, the performing troupe of the Civil War Dance Foundation:\n* 2011 Civil War Trust’s Reenactment Unit of the Year\n* 2016 President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award \nRegular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. \n  \nImages courtesy of VDE and the Barefoot Historian
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/civil-war-dance-classes-free/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Jon Clinch and Jeffrey Nichols: THE GENERAL AND JULIA
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and the National Civil War Museum are honored to welcome author Jon Clinch to Harrisburg for an in-person conversation and signing on his new historical novel\, The General and Julia. In this superb work of historical fiction\, Ulysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband\, a father\, a general\, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy.\nClinch will be in conversation with the CEO of the National Civil War Museum\, Jeffrey L. Nichols. This free event is in partnership with the National Civil War Museum.\n*Reminder: To enter the signing line\, books must be purchased from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event\, or you may preorder a copy of the book for pickup/shipment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUlysses S. Grant reflects on the crucial moments of his life as a husband\, a father\, a general\, and a president while writing his memoirs and reckoning with his complicated legacy in this epic and intimate work of “superb historical fiction” (Booklist\, starred review).\nBarely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat\, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words\, hour after hour\, day after day. Desperate to complete his memoirs before his death so his family might have some financial security and he some redemption\, Grant journeys back in time.\nHe had once been the savior of the Union\, the general to whom Lee surrendered at Appomattox\, a twice-elected president who fought for the civil rights of Black Americans and against the rising Ku Klux Klan\, a plain farmer-turned-business magnate who lost everything to a Wall Street swindler\, a devoted husband to his wife Julia\, and a loving father to four children. In this gorgeously rendered and moving novel\, Grant rises from the page in all of his contradictions and foibles\, his failures and triumphs.\\nMoving from blood-stained battlefields to Gilded Age New York\, the novel explores how Grant’s own views on race and Reconstruction changed over time. “A graceful\, moving narrative” (Kirkus Reviews\, starred review) from historical fiction master Jon Clinch\, this evocatively crafted novel breathes fresh life into an American icon.\nAbout the Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJon Clinch is the author of the acclaimed novels Finn\, Kings of the Earth\, The Thief of Auschwitz\, Belzoni Dreams of Egypt\, Marley\, and The General and Julia. A native of upstate New York\, Jon lives with his wife in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Find out more at JonClinch.com.\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeffrey L. Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The National Civil War Museum\, he was the Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage\, a philanthropic partner of the National Park Service in Washington\, DC\, and before that\, he was the President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest\, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat house and plantation located near Lynchburg\, Virginia. He also worked at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford\, Connecticut\, in several roles\, serving as Executive Director for the final four years of his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Southern Connecticut State University\, a Master of Science in Museum Education degree from the Bank Street College of Education\, and an MBA from the University of New Haven. He serves as Treasurer for PA Museums and has served on the board of Greater Lynchburg (VA) Habitat for Humanity and was the Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Museums.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/an-evening-with-jon-clinch-and-jeffrey-nichols-the-general-and-julia/
LOCATION:the Midtown Bookstore\, 1302 North 3rd St.\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Lessons in History Presentation "Longstreet - The Confederate General Who Defied the South" with Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2023 Lessons in History presentation with author Elizabeth R. Varon on December 9\, 2023\, 1:00 pm -2:00 pm. Ms. Varon will discuss her book\, LONGSTREET – The Confederate General Who Defied the South. \nElizabeth Varon’s LONGSTREET is a bold new biography that tells the story of the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War\, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee at Gettysburg (and counseled him not to order the ill-fated attacks on entrenched Union forces there). He won a major Confederate victory at Chickamauga and was seriously wounded during a later battle. After the war\, Longstreet moved to New Orleans\, where he dramatically changed course. He supported Black voting and joined the newly elected\, integrated postwar government in Louisiana. When white supremacists took up arms to oust that government\, Longstreet\, leading the interracial state militia\, did battle against former Confederates. His defiance ignited a firestorm of controversy\, as white Southerners branded him a race traitor and blamed him retroactively for the South’s defeat in the Civil War. Although he was one of the highest-ranking Confederate generals\, Longstreet has never been commemorated with statues or other memorials in the South because of his postwar actions in rejecting the Lost Cause mythology and urging racial reconciliation. \nLONGSTREET reintroduces Americans to one of the Civil War era’s best known\, but least understood\, figures. This is the first full biography in decades\, and the first to give proper attention to Longstreet’s long post-Civil War political career. Longstreet’s unusual life illuminates both the transformative changes and the entrenched inequalities of the Civil War era. Longstreet is being rediscovered in the new age of racial reckoning. Varon\, an acclaimed Civil War historian and author of the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize-winning book\, Armies of Deliverance\, demonstrates that Longstreet’s controversial choices have enduring relevance for our modern debates over American history. \n \n  \nAbout the Author: Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams professor of American history at the University of Virginia and a member of the executive council of UVA’s John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. Varon’s books include Southern Lady\, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew\, A Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy\, and Appomattox: Victory\, Defeat and Freedom at the End of the Civil War. Her most recent book\, Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War\, won the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize \n  \n  \nThe 2023 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC and OSHA/HHS guidance as well as orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/lessons-in-history-presentation-longstreet-the-confederate-general-who-defied-the-south-with-dr-elizabeth-r-varon/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Commemorate Veterans Day with Free Admission to the NCWM
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, November 11\, 2023\, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm\, for a Community Free Day. There will be activities throughout the day and free of charge for all visitors. \n10:00 am – 10:20 am – Presentation of the Colors with Ephraim Slaughter American Legion Post #733 at The National Civil War Museum Bastion \n10:30 – 12:30 – KINdred Spirits GWG: Hidden Figures of Reconstruction – Join Dr. Sharonn Williams for a two-hour workshop on Genealogy\, learning to research about military and political figures. \n12:30 pm – 1:00 pm -A reading of “A Visit from Old Saint Nick” and discussion of the origins of Christmas by Mary Claus\, accompanied by Jody Hari speaking on Civil War soldier’s during the holidays in the Education Gallery. \n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – United States Commission Cakewalk and discussion on the Sanitary Commission Fair by Sara Cleveland in the Rotunda. \nActivities 10:00 am – 2:00 pm \nOfficers and Ladies for the Union throughout the galleries \nU. S. Sanitary Commission display in the Cost of War Gallery \nCivil War Games with Eddie Roberts \nHarrisburg African American Quilters \nSew and Sign a Sanitary Commission Quilt with Audrey Trussell \nWe look forward to seeing you on November 11\, 2023
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/commemorate-veterans-day-with-a-free-admission-to-the-ncwm/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation with Jonathan W. White via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, November 9\, 2023\, at 7:00 pm for a CIVIL CONVERSATION. This is a live ZOOM event ~ Jonathan W. White\, author of “Shipwrecked A True Civil War Story of Mutinies\, Jailbreaks\, Blockade-Running\, and the Slave Trade” will engage in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. Register here:  Civil Conversation with Dr. Jonathan W. White \n  \nAbout the book: Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith\, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments\, movements\, and individuals of the mid-19th century\, from the California Gold Rush\, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua\, Cuban liberation\, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most importantly\, the book depicts the extraordinary lengths the Lincoln Administration went to destroy the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using Oaksmith’s case as a lens\, White takes readers into the murky underworld of New York City\, where federal marshals plied the docks in lower Manhattan in search of evidence of slave trading. Once they suspected Oaksmith\, federal authorities had him arrested and convicted\, but in 1862 he escaped from jail and became a Confederate blockade-runner in Havana. The Lincoln Administration tried to have him kidnapped in violation of international law\, but the attempt was foiled. Always claiming innocence\, Oaksmith spent the next decade in exile until he received a presidential pardon from U.S. Grant\, at which point he moved to North Carolina and became an anti-Klan politician. Through a remarkable\, fast-paced story\, this book will give readers a new perspective on slavery and shifting political alliances during the turbulent Civil War Era. \n  \nAbout the book: “Final Resting Places” brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation – and how those meanings still influence still influence Americans today. In each essay\, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite – including large marble temples\, unmarked graves beneath the waves\, makeshift markers on battlefields\, mass graves on hillsides\, neat rows of military headstones\, university graveyards\, tombs without bodies\, and small family plots. Each burial place tells a unique story of how someone lived and died: how they were mourned and remembered. Together\, they help us reckon with the most tragic period of American History. \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the speaker: Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is the author or editor of 13 books and more than 100 articles\, essays\, and reviews about the Civil War\, slavery and emancipation\, African American history\, Abraham Lincoln\, and the U.S. Constitution. His book Emancipation\, the Union Army\, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln was named a best book of 2014 by Civil War Monitor\, was a finalist for both the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize and the Jefferson Davis Prize\, and won the Abraham Lincoln Institute’s 2015 book prize. Midnight in America: Darkness\, Sleep\, and Dreams during the Civil War was named a best book of 2017 by Civil War Monitor. His 2018 book\, “Our Little Monitor”: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War\, co-authored with Anna Gibson Holloway\, was a finalist for the Indie Book Awards and honorable mention for the John Lyman Book Award. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians\, serves on the Boards of Directors of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Abraham Lincoln Association\, and is the Vice Chair of The Lincoln Forum. He also serves on the Ford’s Theatre Advisory Council\, the editorial board of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography\, and as editor of ​The Lincoln Forum Bulletin. In 2019 he won the Outstanding Faculty Award of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia\, the highest award given to faculty in the Commonwealth. His most recent books are My Work Among the Freedmen: The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of Harriet M. Buss (2021)\, which he co-edited with his student\, Lydia Davis; To Address You As My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln (2021); and A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (2022). \nThis is an online-only event and is free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-with-jonathan-w-white-via-zoom/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Civil War Book Talk with Dr. Ronald White via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Explore “On Great Fields\,” a new novel about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by author\, Dr. Ronald C. White. Join NCWM CEO\, Jeffrey L. Nichols\, for a live Zoom book talk with Dr. Ronald C. White on October 26 at 7:00 pm.\nJoin for free by clicking on this link: On Great Fields with Dr. Ronald C. White \nPurchase On Great Fields Here \nAbout the book: Before 1862\, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine\, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army\, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg\, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top\, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg—and told by two surgeons he would die—Chamberlain survived the war\, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College. \nHow did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this cradle-to-grave biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain\, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious\, empathetic military leadership and his influential postwar public service\, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war? \nChamberlain is familiar to millions from Michael Shaara’s now-classic novel of the Civil War\, The Killer Angels\, and Ken Burns’s timeless miniseries The Civil War\, but in this book\, White captures the complex and inspiring man behind the hero. Heavily illustrated and featuring nine detailed maps\, this gripping\, impeccably researched portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in our nation’s bloodiest conflict. \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain\, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero.\n\n“A vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the preservation of the Union and therefore in the making of modern America.”—Jon Meacham\, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of And There Was Light \nRonald C. White is the New York Times bestselling author of biographies A. Lincoln and American Ulysses\, as well as three other books on Lincoln\, most recently Lincoln in Private. White earned his PhD at Princeton\, has lectured at the White House\, and has spoken about Lincoln across the world. He is a senior fellow of The Trinity Forum in Washington\, D.C. \n 
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/dr-ronald-white-via-zoom-book-talk/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Civil War Saturday
DESCRIPTION:Civil War Saturday\n \n  \nSeptember 23\, 2023 – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm\nAdults – $10.00\nUnder 18 – Free\nCivil War Saturday is fun for the whole family. Join us at the tallest spot in Harrisburg for live reenactors\, cannon firing and demonstrations\, music with the Long Hill String Band\, CW games\, and so much more.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/civil-war-saturday/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cocktails & Cannonballs - An Evening at the Museum
DESCRIPTION:Cocktails & Cannonballs – An Evening at the Museum  \nImmerse yourself in Civil War history. Stroll through the galleries and sample cuisine from local caterers\, paired with Civil War-era-themed cocktails. Visit Civil War reenactors at their evening camps\, enjoy games\, best period costume prizes\, and a silent auction\, cigar bar\, raffle\, and trivia. Satisfy your sweet tooth by making s’mores over the campfire. The evening concludes with a live cannon firing in the park. \nFriday\,  September 22\, 2023 \n6:00 pm – 9:00 pm  \n$75 person – $50 members – $125 couple \nPurchase tickets here \nAll proceeds benefit The National Civil War Museum educational programs\, building fund\, and artifact preservation. \nThere are still sponsorships available. Please contact\nMary Beth Kerekes at mbkerekes@nationalcivilwarmuseum.org \n \n\nTrivia games hosted by Mare Fincher and Darin Weeks of the Civil War Breakfast Club podcast.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/cocktails-cannonballs-an-evening-at-the-museum/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 George Armstrong Custer Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Cost (in-person includes a boxed lunch): Non-members – $60.00 NCWM Members – $50.00 Register here to attend in person Zoom – $30.00 – Register here for the Zoom-only option \nWe are pleased to present the following speakers:\nJames Hessler – With Custer to the End: Captain George Yates – Among the Seventh Cavalry’s officers\, Captain George Yates does not receive the same attention as Reno\, Benteen\, Keogh\, Tom Custer\, or many others. Yet\, Yates had one of the longest-standing relationships with George Custer dating back to the Civil War\, and they died within only feet of each other on Last Stand Hill. Join Jim Hessler as we discuss the life and career of Captain George Yates\, from the Civil War\, through his wife’s ties to this region\, and to those final bloody moments in Montana. About the speaker – James Hessler originated the idea for this symposium. Jim has worked as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for two decades. He authored or co-authored three full-length books on the Gettysburg campaign: Sickles at Gettysburg (2009)\, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg (2015)\, and Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard (2019). His books received several distinguished book awards. Jim currently co-hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast and has made numerous national media appearances. He has written several articles for publication and was one of the primary content designers for the American Battlefield Trust’s mobile Gettysburg application. Jim is a frequent speaker at Civil War Round Tables and other historical groups nationwide. In addition to Gettysburg\, he leads tours at several other historic sites including Little Bighorn. Jim currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Little Bighorn Associates. \nJeffry Wert – Fighting Was His Business – For George Armstrong Custer\, 1863 was a momentous year.  He rose from a staff officer to a brigadier general of volunteers in command of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. By year’s end\, he had become one of the most renowned generals in the Cavalry Corps and the prospective husband to Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon. About the speaker – Jeffry D. Wert is a retired high school history teacher and an award-winning Civil War historian\, who has written biographies of George Custer\, James Longstreet\, and Jeb Stuart.  He also has written books and articles on the campaigns and battles in the conflict’s Eastern Theater. \nSiobhan Fallon – The Battle AFTER the Little Bighorn: The Widow\, the Writer\, and the Man They Called Coward. Rumors and accusations began to swirl from the moment General Terry’s command arrived on Reno Hill and told the surviving members of the Seventh Cavalry that Custer was dead. Thought to have been assisted by Elizabeth “Libbie” Custer\, Frederick Whittaker would finish his A Complete Life General George A. Custer just six months later. Whittaker’s book claimed: “The massacre at the Little Big Horn was due to Reno’s cowardice and Benteen’s indifference.” It was Major Marcus Reno himself who requested a court of inquiry in Chicago in 1879. While Reno’s name was officially cleared\, the results of the Reno Court of Inquiry continue to add to the controversy surrounding the Little Bighorn fight. About the speaker – Siobhan Fallon is the author of the collection You Know When the Men Are Gone and the novel The Confusion of Languages. Her essays and stories have been featured in New York Times Modern Love\, Washington Post Magazine\, NPR’s Morning Edition\, Stars and Stripes\, The Huffington Post\, among others\, and have been performed by both national and international theater groups. An Army spouse\, Siobhan started researching military wives and became hooked on the life of Elizabeth Bacon Custer as well as everything Little Bighorn. She is currently at work on a book about the Reno Court of Inquiry. Siobhan also has a series on YouTube titled “The Lives of the Little Bighorn.” \nEric Wittenberg – George Armstrong Custer in the 1864 Overland Campaign – Eric J. Wittenberg will address George Custer’s crucial role in Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign\, addressing the Michigan Cavalry Brigade’s participation in one of the Civil War’s most important campaigns. About the speaker – Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War author whose specialty is Union cavalry actions. He is the author of 24 published books and dozens of articles\, most of which focus on the mounted arm. Educated at Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law\, he is an attorney in private practice. Eric serves on the boards of the Little Big Horn Associates and Central Virginia Battlefields Trust\, and is the program coordinator for the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars and Tours. He and his wife Susan and their three golden retrievers live in Columbus\, Ohio.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-george-armstrong-custer-symposium/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:An Evening with CW Goodyear & Jeffrey Nichols: President Garfield
DESCRIPTION:The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and the National Civil War Museum are honored to welcome historian CW Goodyear to the Midtown Scholar Bookstore\, in Harrisburg\, for an in-person conversation and signing on his new biography\, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier. In this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Goodyear will be in conversation with the CEO of the National Civil War Museum\, Jeffrey L. Nichols. \nWatch on YouTube Live Here \nAbout the Book: \nThe first comprehensive biography in decades of the extraordinary\, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield. \nIn this magisterial biography\, C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canal man; crooked election-fixer and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated. James Abram Garfield was all these things and more. \nOver nearly two decades in Congress during a polarized era—Reconstruction and the Gilded Age—Garfield served as a peacemaker in a Republican Party and America defined by divisions. He was elected President to overcome them. He was killed while trying to do so. \nPresident Garfield is American history at its finest. It is about an impoverished boy working his way from the frontier to the Presidency; a progressive statesman\, trying to raise a more righteous\, peaceful Republic out of the ashes of civil war; the tragically imperfect course of that reformation\, and the man himself; a martyr-President\, whose death succeeded in nudging the country back to cleaner\, calmer politics. \nThis free event is in partnership with the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. \nAbout the Author: C.W. Goodyear is an author and historian based in Washington\, DC. He was born in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, and grew up abroad before graduating from Yale University. \nAbout Jeffrey L. Nichols: Jeffrey L. Nichols is the Chief Executive Officer of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg\, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining The National Civil War Museum\, he was the Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage\, a philanthropic partner of the National Park Service in Washington\, DC\, and before that\, he was the President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest\, Thomas Jefferson’s retreat house and plantation located near Lynchburg\, Virginia. He also worked at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford\, Connecticut\, in several roles\, serving as Executive Director for the final four years of his tenure there. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Southern Connecticut State University\, a Master of Science in Museum Education degree from the Bank Street College of Education\, and an MBA from the University of New Haven. He serves as Treasurer for PA Museums and has served on the board of Greater Lynchburg (VA) Habitat for Humanity and was the Treasurer of the Virginia Association of Museums.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/an-evening-with-cw-goodyear-jeffrey-nichols-president-garfield/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 Lessons in History Presentation with Scott Mingus
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2023 Lessons in History presentation with author Scott L. Mingus on July 8\, 2023\, 1:00 pm -2:00 pm. Mingus will discuss his book “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania” \n  \nAbout the Author: Multiple award-winning author Scott Mingus is a retired scientist and executive in the global specialty paper industry. The Ohio native graduated from Miami University. He was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps\, and he was a pioneer in the early development of bar code labels. He has written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. He has appeared on C-SPAN\, C-SPAN3\, PBS\, PCN\, and several other TV networks. Mingus writes a blog on the Civil War history of York County\, PA\, where he and his wife Debi live. He also has written six scenario books for miniature wargaming. He received lifetime achievement awards from the York County History Center and the Camp Curtin Historical Society for his many contributions to local history. His books and wargaming scenario books have received or been nominated for numerous national awards. \nThe 2023 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries. The National Civil War Museum will follow CDC and OSHA/HHS guidance as well as orders and recommendations from federal/state/local governments and our state and local health officials.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/2023-lessons-in-history-presentation-with-scott-mingus/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:A Civil Conversation with Christopher Graham\, via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Graham will speak about his new book Faith\, Race\, and the Lost Cause: Confessions of a Southern Church in a Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols. About the speaker: Chris is from North Carolina and earned his PhD in American history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is currently a curator at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond\, Virginia\, where he lives with his wife. They are both members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. \nThis is an online-only event and is free and open to the public. Click here to register.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/a-civil-conversation-with-christopher-graham-via-zoom/
LOCATION:The National Civil War Museum\, 1 Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park\, Harrisburg\, PA\, 17103\, United States
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