The National Park Service has announced the winter schedule for the series of lectures lon the Gettysburg Campaign and the Battle of Gettysburg ed by park rangers from the Gettysburg National Military Park. These lectures and presentations are free of charge, and will be held in the meeting rooms in the new Gettysburg Visitors Center.
Edward L. Ayers is the current President of the University of Richmond. A celebrated historian of the American South and the Civil War, he is hosting a FREE series of lectures in te Robins Center, the university's basketball arena and assmbly hall.
The University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, will host the first event in its Civil War Sesquicentennial series on April 29, 2009. Registrations are now being accepted. The focus will be on the catalytic event that stirred passions and helped lead to the Civil War--the John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry.
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