Maine Voices from the Civil War - 2013 Lecture Series
Join the Friends of the Maine State Museum for a lecture series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The series complements the museum's upcoming exhibition, Maine Voices from the Civil War, scheduled to open on June 29, 2013.
All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Maine State Museum in Augusta and are free and open to the public.
March 13, 2013
"Nailed to the Mast:" Maritime Songs of the Union and Confederacy
Talk and music by Stephen N. Sanfilippo, Ph.D., Historian and Musician
April 10, 2013
"The Life of a Maine Soldier during the War between the States"
Talk and demonstration by Hank Lunn, Educator and Living History Interpreter
April 24, 2013
"Slave Cloth, Shoddy, and Soldiers: Textiles and the Civil War"
Book signing and talk by Madelyn Shaw, Curator and Consultant
May 8, 2013
"Carving a National Image: The Civil War Sculptures of Maine's Franklin Simmons" Talk by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., State Historian, Author, and Lecturer
May 22, 2013
"The Forest City Regiment"
Talk by Kim MacIsaac, Director and Curator, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum
The Friends wish to thank the Bank of Maine and the New Dimensions Federal Credit Union for support of this lecture series.