Let’s Talk About It

Making Sense Of The Civil War

        This new series from the Maine Humanities Council in collaboration with the Maine State Library
         is designed as a succession of five conversations exploring different facets of the Civil War experience,
        informed by reading the words written or spoken by powerful voices from the past and present.
        Each session will explore a different topic.

        “Making Sense of the American Civil War” was created and funded by the National Endowment for the 

         Humanities as part of its We the People initiative, which promotes scholarship, teaching, and learning about      
        American history and culture.

The 1st Monday - February-June – Starts at 6:30 pm

Session One: “Imagining War”

February 6, 2012  Springvale Public Library, Springvale,

324-4624

March by Geraldine Brooks & Selections from the anthology America's War ed. Edward Ayers
(February 13 snow date)

Session Two: “Choosing Sides”

March 5, 2012   Parsons Memorial Library, Alfred,

324-2001 

(March 12 snow date)

Session Three: “Making Sense of War”

April 2, 2012 Goodall Memorial Library Sanford,

324-4714  

(April 9 snow date)

Session Four: “The Shape of War”

May 7, 2012  Springvale Public Library, Springvale 

Crossroads to Freedom: Antietam by James McPherson

Session Five: “War and Freedom”

June 4, 2012  Springvale Public Library, Springvale 

Books are available now for Session One at the Library