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Legacies of the Civil War in Arkansas Seminar

Folks, this will be a good one, as well as the final official event sponsored by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Feel free to share widely! Mark

The Legacy of Arkansas’s Civil War Seminar
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Old State House Museum

10:00 am Welcome & Introduction, Mark Christ
10:15 am Tom DeBlack: "What Is to Become of Us?" The Postwar Lives of Major Figures in
Civil War Arkansas
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Jeannie Whayne: “The Civil War and the Burden of Arkansas History”
12:00 pm Mary Jane Warde: "'Scattered Like Leaves': The Civil War Impact on Indian
Territory's People"
12:45 am Lunch & Keynote Speaker
Elliott West: "Arkansas: Where One War's Edge Was Another War's Center"
1:45 pm Cherisse Jones-Branch: "How Free is Free?": African Americans in Post Civil War
Arkansas
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Kelly Houston Jones: “Women After the War: Profiles of Change and Continuity”
3:30 pm Carl Moneyhon: "Conflicting Civil War Memories and Cultural Divides in
Arkansas”
4:15 pm Conclusion

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER is Tuesday, October 6, 2015.

RSVP: Tanya Canada Tanya@arkansasheritage.org
501.683.2954

Cost: $15.00 to attend the seminar. (Payable with cash or check ONLY)
Registration money must be RECEIVED before your reservation is guaranteed.

All registration money MUST BE received BY OCTOBER 6.

Lunch is included in the seminar. There are no discounts on the seminar price for anyone who plans to skip lunch or only attend half of the program.)

*Sponsored by the Old State House Museum and the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.