Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee Mass.
Civil War Speaker Series: Steve Jendrysik
July 26, 2011, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Contact: Reference Desk 413-594-1800 x108 anne.gancarz@gmail.com
Chicopee’s City Historian speaks about Chicopee’s involvement in the Civil War, as well as the Chicopee Soldier’s Record, a handwritten ledger with detailed accounts of the service records of local soldiers. This ledger is included in the library’s new online archive to be launched in midsummer.
Location: Main Library- Bazan Community Room
http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=CHICOPEE
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“Legends of the Civil War” Summer Lecture Series
John Brown: The Connecticut Roots of an American Legend
July 28, 2011, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
William N. Hosley, SFP ’76, independent historian, museum consultant with Terra Firma Northeast, and author of Colt: The Making of an American Hero, will give the second of the three lectures in the 2011 Summer Lecture Series “Legends of the Civil War.”
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/john-brown-connecticut-roots-american-legend
Lincoln, Booth and Davis: In Myth and Memory
August 4, 2011
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
White Church Community Center
James L. Swanson, SFP ’80, author of Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse and Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, will deliver the final of the three lectures in the 2011 Summer Lecture Series “Legends of the Civil War.”
http://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/lincoln-booth-and-davis-myth-and-memory
