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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Civil War Musicians in Camp & Field with Patrick Jones
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Studio at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nMartial music played a vital role in Civil War armies. Basic daily activities – from when to wake up\, go to sleep\, and when to eat\, were determined by some fifty short pieces of fife and drum music heard each day in camp. Music also served as a critical component of moving troops across a battlefield\, alerting men when to charge the enemy or retreat from the field. \n\n\n\nIn this discussion\, historian Patrick Jones will discuss the use of fifes and drums during the Civil War\, as well as drum construction and makers. Patrick will also have original drums on hand for viewing\, and will demonstrate calls and music of the period. \n\n\n\nPatrick Jones is a member of the Camp Chase Fifes & Drums where he has studied and transcribed percussion notation from various historical fife and drum manuals. He has served primarily as Drum Sergeant for the past ten years. Along with Camp Chase\, he also performs with\, and instructs\, the Fort Pitt Fife and Drum Corps. \n\n\n\nRestoring historic drums\, and building authentic reproductions\, is also a passion of his. Through his website Rudiments & Rope\, Patrick provides educational information about historical drums and their makers. \n\n\n\nPatrick has taught 5th grade for 19 years at the Upper St. Clair School District\, where for 14 years he also instructed the high school drumline. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-civil-war-musicians-in-camp-field-with-patrick-jones/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: President Lincoln's Battlefield Tour at Gettysburg with Codie Eash
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nAside from the battle of July 1863\, perhaps the most famous event to have ever taken place in Gettysburg was the dedication of Soldiers’ National Cemetery four-and-a-half months later\, defined by the 272-word address of Abraham Lincoln. Earlier that morning\, November 19\, at least three eyewitnesses recalled that the president toured the battlefield\, including a personal guard\, a foreign ambassador\, and United States Secretary of State William Seward. According to the latter\, the party “visited the ground around the Seminary\, and Mr. Lincoln joined in.” Join Codie Eash\, Director of Education and Museum Operations at Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center\, as he explores Lincoln’s battlefield trek that day. \n\n\n\nCodie Eash earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication/Journalism in 2014 from Shippensburg University\, where he also completed a minor in History. He has been part of the Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center staff since before the institution’s opening. Prior to his current role as Director of Education and Museum Operations\, he previously served as Communications Intern\, Visitor Services Coordinator\, and Operations Manager. In addition to Museum tours and interpretation\, he lectures for National Park Service sites\, historical societies\, Civil War roundtables\, educational groups\, and other organizations. He has published articles and essays in local newspapers\, regional magazines\, and national history journals. Codie is a founding contributor to Pennsylvania in the Civil War\, writes book reviews for Civil War Monitor\, and serves on the Gettysburg Magazine editorial board. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-president-lincolns-battlefield-tour-at-gettysburg-with-codie-eash/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Dangerfield Newby's Fight for Freedom with Jon-Erik Gilot
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH  \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nNext to John Brown himself\, perhaps the most recognizable and evocative imageof John Brown’s October 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry is the haunting portrait offormer slave turned raider Dangerfield Newby. This talk will follow Newby fromhis childhood in Virginia to his life in Ohio\, death at Harpers Ferry\, his legacy inpopular culture\, and how the Newby Family continued Dangerfield’s fight forfreedom after his death. \n\n\n\nJon-Erik Gilot has worked in the field of public history for more than 15 yearsand is active in numerous historical organizations. A contributing historian at thepopular Emerging Civil War blog since 2018\, his work has been published inbooks\, journals\, and magazines. His first book for the Emerging Civil War Series\,John Brown’s Raid\, was recently published by Savas Beatie Publishing. \n\n\n\nJon-Erik earned a degree in History from Bethany College and a Master of Library& Information Science from Kent State University. Today\, he serves as Curator atthe Captain Thomas Espy Grand Army of the Republic Post in Carnegie\,Pennsylvania\, and works as a business archivist and records manager inWheeling\, West Virginia.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-dangerfield-newbys-fight-for-freedom-with-jon-erik-gilot/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: American Citizen: The Civil War Writings of Capt. George A. Brooks\, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry\, with Benjamin E. Myers
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH  \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required! Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nIn the spring of 1861\, America was pulling apart at the seams and George Brooks’ life was in shambles. Destitute and reeling from a failed business venture and familial disagreement following a turbulent love affair\, Brooks spent the years before the Civil War traveling in search of work. His wife and young son\, of whom he saw little\, remained at home in Harrisburg\, PA. When war broke out\, soldiering offered the first steady job he had held in years. \n\n\n\nSent off to war as a scourge to his family instead of a hero\, Brooks became captain of Company D\, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He soon proved an admirable leader and recruiter\, writing to his hometown paper in patriotic prose about his wartime experiences. Brooks chronicled his regiment’s pursuit of Stonewall Jackson in Northern Virginia in 1862\, during which the Union suffered a series of devastating losses\, as well as “seeing the elephant” at First Winchester\, Cedar Mountain\, and Antietam. American Citizen combines Brooks’ personal diary\, newspaper articles\, and personal correspondence to tell the story of a young man trying to balance a life left behind while leading a company of soldiers through some of the Civil War’s most studied campaigns.Benjamin E. Myers was born and raised just outside Harrisburg\, PA\, where an interest in local and family Civil War history found him at a young age. His research on the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry has appeared in Civil War Times and Military Images magazines. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from American University and works as a web designer and developer in Washington\, DC. American Citizen: The Civil War Writings of Captain George A. Brooks\, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry\, is his first book.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-american-citizen-the-civil-war-writings-of-capt-george-a-brooks-46th-pennsylvania-infantry-with-benajmin-e-myers/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Dead Letter Office Images: The Civil War's Lost Sentiments with Melissa A. Winn
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nDuring the Civil War\, hundreds of thousands of soldiers wrote letters home\, many containing card-sized photos of themself. By the end of the conflict\, thousands of letters remained undelivered at the Dead Letter Office in Washington\, D.C. For decades after\, the employees of the Dead Letter Office went to extraordinary efforts to return these images to a rightful recipient. Melissa Winn will share photos from her collection of Dead Letter Office images and tell the touching story of these interrupted sentiments and the noble efforts by many to send them home. \n\n\n\nMelissa A. Winn is the Marketing Manager at the American Battlefield Trust\, the nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educating the public about the Revolutionary War\, War of 1812\, and the Civil War. Previously\, she was director of photography for HistoryNet\, publisher of nine history-related magazines\, including America’s Civil War\, American History\, and Civil War Times\, for which she served as the primary photo researcher\, photographer\, and a regular writer. Winn received a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin and has written for and published articles in multiple trade and commercial publications for more than 20 years. She was a 2015 finalist for the Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Portfolio. She’s a member of the Professional Photographers Association\, Authors Guild\, and the Center for Civil War Photography. Winn collects Civil War photographs and ephemera\, with an emphasis on Dead Letter Office images and Union General John A. Rawlins\, chief of staff to General Ulysses S. Grant.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-dead-letter-office-images-the-civil-wars-lost-sentiments-with-melissa-a-winn/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T130000
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Wounding & Death of Stonewall Jackson with Dr. Mathew Lively
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nOn May 2\, 1863\, General Stonewall Jackson led his Second Corps around the flank of the unsuspecting Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Chancellorsville. During the night\, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire when he rode between the lines on a reconnaissance mission. But contrary to popular belief\, eyewitness accounts disagree on key facts regarding the incident\, including the road Jackson was on when shot and the details of his removal from the field. \n\n\n\nDr. Mathew Lively will discuss several of the controversies surrounding the wounding and death of Stonewall Jackson\, providing a historical and medical prospective on one of the most notable events of Civil War history. \n\n\n\nBefore entering private practice three years ago\, Dr. Mathew Lively spent twenty years as a faculty physician at the West Virginia University School of Medicine where he conducted patient care\, teaching\, and research. He is the author of several articles on medical history topics and his first book\, Calamity at Chancellorsville: The Wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson\, was published by Savas Beatie in 2013.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-wounding-death-of-stonewall-jackson-with-dr-mathew-lively/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T080000
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SUMMARY:In Great Deeds\, On Great Fields: Gettysburg at 160 Years. A Civil War Symposium
DESCRIPTION:PURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\nThe Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is pleased to announce the return of our annual Civil War Symposium\, slated for April 15\, 2023. With the new year marking the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg\, the symposium will focus on the events of the Gettysburg Campaign\, both on the battlefield and on the homefront of Western Pennsylvania. We are thrilled to welcome five dynamic speakers including authors\, museum professionals\, and public historians.   \n\n\n\nEarly bird tickets for the symposium are available for $55.00 from now until December 01\, and the regular price of $65.00 from December 01 – April 01\, 2023. Seating is limited\, and our 2022 event did sell out\, so please don’t wait to reserve your seat. \n\n\n\nThe price of the ticket includes breakfast refreshments\, a boxed lunch\, and light snacks. Ongoing tours of The Captain Thomas Espy Post will be available\, as well as a large Civil War book sale and author book signings. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Espy Post Curator\, Jon-Erik Gilot\, at gilotj@einetwork.net with any questions. \n\n\n\nDan Welch – “How Did They Get Here? The Roads to Gettysburg” \n\n\n\nA seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park and historian at Emerging Civil War\, Dan Welch will follow the Union and Confederate armies northward across Virginia\, Maryland\, and Pennsylvania during the weeks leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg. Dan is the author The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign and co-editor of the Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series. \n\n\n\nPeter C. Miele – “July 1\, 1863: The Fight for Seminary Ridge” \n\n\n\nPeter C. Miele is Executive Director at the Seminary Ridge Museum & Education Center and President of the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation. Pete will be speaking on Pittsburgh’s controversial Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley and the involvement of Rowley’s & Biddle’s brigade during the fighting on Seminary Ridge on July 1\, 1863. \n\n\n\nHampton Newsome – “Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity & Failure at Richmond” \n\n\n\nAn attorney and historian from Arlington\, Virginia\, Hampton Newsome is the author or editor of numerous Civil War volumes. His most recent book\, Gettysburg’s Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond\, examines the little known Federal campaign to threaten the Confederate capital that occurred in conjunction with the Gettysburg Campaign. \n\n\n\nDana Shoaf – “July 2\, 1863: The 5th Corps Artillery on the Union Left” \n\n\n\nLongtime editor of the popular Civil War Times magazine\, Dana Shoaf has also served as a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution\, the Library of Congress\, and the National Archives. He will be speaking on the role of the four batteries of 5th Corps artillery on the Union left on July 2\, 1863\, with an emphasis on the fighting by Gibbs’ Battery on Little Round Top. \n\n\n\nRich Condon – “The Department of the Monongahela in the Summer of 1863” \n\n\n\nA native of Pittsburgh\, Rich Condon is a park ranger at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park\, and the founder of the Civil War Pittsburgh blog. Rich will be speaking on the Department of the Monongahela during the Summer of 1863\, which encompassed all of Western Pennsylvania. Rich will examine the Civil War fortifications of Pittsburgh\, as well as the capture of John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate Cavalry within the Department in July 1863.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/in-great-deeds-on-great-fields-gettysburg-at-160-years-a-civil-war-symposium/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Civilian Stories of the Battle of Gettysburg with Evan Portman
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nWhile Union and Confederate armies engaged one another on the bloody fields of Gettysburg\, the civilians of the town had a front row seat to one of the momentous events in American history. But in many ways\, the civilian experience of the battle was less a front row seat and more an active role. Much like the soldiers and generals\, the civilians helped shape the outcome of the battle in their own indelible ways. From John Burns to Sarah Broadhead\, nearly every Gettysburg resident was touched by the battle and contributed to its legacy. Those three fateful days in July 1863 would change their lives and their community forever. \n\n\n\nEvan Portman is a fledgling historian from Export\, Pennsylvania. He is currently an intern with the American Battlefield Trust as well as a continuing education instructor with the Penn-Trafford Area Recreation Commission. Evan is also a guest contributor of Emerging Civil War and has his own channel on Youtube dedicated to exploring lesser known sites and of the Battle of Gettysburg. A recent graduate of Saint Vincent College\, he is currently pursuing a master’s degree in history at Duquesne University.
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-civilian-stories-of-the-battle-of-gettysburg-with-evan-portman/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T130000
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Monument Vandalism and Destruction during the Civil War and Postbellum Period with Abbi Smithmyer
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nAs North and South became engulfed in civil war\, soldiers and civilians constructed and collected fragments of monuments and memorials. These monuments invoked emotional reactions due to their conflicting meaning and significance\, which led to their vandalism during the Civil War and postbellum period. Destruction of monuments at places like Bull Run\, Vicksburg\, and Yorktown were figurative attacks on the United States and the Confederacy and they stood as literal and representative symbols that connected nineteenth-century Americans to the past. \n\n\n\nAlthough many think of the vandalism of Civil War monuments as a current event\, this talk will explore the destructive nature of nineteenth-century Americans towards the constructed battlefield. The talk will illuminate how the vandalism and destruction of Civil War memorials is not a new phenomenon\, but rather\, these actions are as old as the conflict itself. Furthermore\, the study of these pieces of material culture helps us better understand the beliefs and hopes of those living throughout the Civil War era. \n\n\n\nCurrently a doctoral candidate studying history at West Virginia University where she also received her master’s degree\, Abbi Smithmyer grew up in Butler\, Pennsylvania\, attending school at Slippery Rock University for her undergraduate studies. Her dissertation combines cultural\, memory\, and material culture studies to explore the ways monuments faced vandalism and destruction during and shortly after the Civil War. Her research has been published in the American Nineteenth Century History\, the Southern Historian\, as well as Emerging Civil War. While teaching classes on U.S. History at WVU\, Abbi’s knowledge of the Civil War era has been bolstered by multiple summers at various historical sites and battlefields including the Seminary Ridge Museum\, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park\, Petersburg National Battlefield\, and most recently at Manassas National Battlefield Park. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday lectures are made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust 
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-monument-vandalism-and-destruction-during-the-civil-war-and-postbellum-period-with-abbi-smithmyer/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Civil War as the Watershed Event in United States History\, with David Albert
DESCRIPTION:In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH  \n\n\n\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie        No Account Required!  \n\n\n\nZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279        Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nMore than just a 4 year war that cost our country hundreds of thousands oflives\, the Civil War wrought many other changes that affected the countryforever. From the elimination of slavery\, changes in the status of women\, a shiftin power from the states to the federal government\, advances in medicine\,manufacturing\, agriculture\, transportation and banking\, to the face of waritself\, the United States before and after these 4 climactic years wassignificantly different. \n\n\n\nDavid Albert is a retired Air Force officer who has been studying the Civil Warfor more than 50 years. He was a Civil War docent at the Alabama Departmentof Archives and History for many years\, co-taught the Civil War elective at theAir Force Command and Staff College\, presented courses for Elderhostel\, andcurrently teaches courses at Pitt\, CMU and LaRoche in their lifelong learningprograms for seniors. He’s a member of the Greater Pittsburgh Civil WarRoundtable and a proud graduate of Penn State. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-the-civil-war-as-the-watershed-event-in-united-states-history-with-david-albert/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221112T140000
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Fraternity\, Charity\, and Loyalty: Politics & Memory at Pittsburgh's 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with Rich Condon
DESCRIPTION:**PLEAESE NOTE THE LATER 2:00PM START TIME** \n\n\n\nIn Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarnegieCarnegie No Account Required!Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279 Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 \n\n\n\nAs thousands of onlookers descended on the City of Pittsburgh in September 1894\, they did so with anticipation – a chance to see aging Union veterans of the War of the Rebellion alive and in the flesh. The thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) were gathering for their 28th National Encampment\, and members from across the country prepared to meet old comrades once again.  \n\n\n\nThe G.A.R. represented certain values for all of its members through their main principles\, “Fraternity\, Charity\, Loyalty\,” yet there were still many inequities to overcome for the organization’s African American membership. An event such as this was the perfect opportunity for those in attendance to discuss national issues at large\, at a time when political and social strife intersected with how the late war would be remembered. \n\n\n\nRich Condon is a historian from Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania with a BA in public history from Shepherd University. For ten years he has worked with a multitude of sites and organizations including The Battle of Franklin Trust\, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum\, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park\, Flight 93 National Memorial\, and since Spring 2020 Rich has served as a park ranger at Reconstruction Era National Historical Park in Beaufort\, South Carolina. He has written for Civil War Times\, The American Battlefield Trust\, as well as Emerging Civil War\, and operates the Civil War Pittsburgh blog\, which focuses on the interpretation of Western Pennsylvania’s role in the Civil War. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-fraternity-charity-and-loyalty-politics-memory-at-pittsburghs-28th-national-encampment-of-the-grand-army-of-the-republic-with-rich-condon/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, PA\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,Past Event
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SUMMARY:2nd Saturday Civil War Series: "Why Gettysburg?" A Conversation with Matt Callery of Addressing Gettysburg
DESCRIPTION:History Is Not Boring!  \n\n\n\nAddressing Gettysburg brings the historic reality of the Battle of Gettysburg and the experiences of the soldiers and civilians to the masses in a comprehensive\, immersive\, and entertaining way. With over one million downloads and a Today Show showcase to their credit\, Addressing Gettysburg offers a fresh\, engaging\, and exciting approach to a defining moment in American history.  \n\n\n\nIn this lively conversation\, AG Founder and Host Matt Callery seeks to ask participants – and perhaps answer himself – Why Gettysburg? What is it about the town\, the battlefield\, the people\, and the history\, that continues to attract thousands of visitors and scores of new books each year?  \n\n\n\nBio: Growing up in New Jersey\, Matt’s fascination with history began at a very young age. Family trips to historic sites often included Civil War locations\, with Gettysburg being a favorite. Over the years\, Matt developed considerable skills in video and audio production. A fan of Howard Stern\, Matt’s early efforts were to create material for his own podcast centered on pop culture topics. Having visited Gettysburg in his childhood\, he later moved there\, and went to work leading battlefield bicycle tours. Sometime later\, he returned to New Jersey but it didn’t take long for him to feel something drawing him back to Pennsylvania. So\, he came back to make Gettysburg his home.  \n\n\n\nA lifelong friend and fellow “history nerd” encouraged Matt to combine his love of history with his talents in studio production to create a podcast about Gettysburg. And so in 2019\, with raw enthusiasm\, a knack for making interesting conversation\, and a makeshift studio\, Matt launched the Addressing Gettysburg podcast. He’ll be the first to tell you that it has been a team effort and that he’s grateful for the support of many wonderful people along the way. \n\n\n\n2nd Saturday Lectures made possible by the Massey Charitable Trust
URL:https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/2nd-saturday-civil-war-series-why-gettysburg-a-conversation-with-matt-callery-of-addressing-gettysburg/
LOCATION:Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall\, 300 Beechwood Avenue\, Carnegie\, Pennsylvania\, 15106\, United States
CATEGORIES:2022,Past Event
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