Volume 7 • Issue 9 • March-April 2021

 

"The Better Angels of Our Nature": Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Wednesday, March 10 at 12 p.m.

Abraham Lincoln took office as the sixteenth President of the United States on March 4, 1861, and no president has ever come to office under more dire circumstances. As southern states declared themselves seceded from the Union, Lincoln knew he had to say the right things and strike the right tone in his inaugural address. Learn more about what he said and what it meant. Speaker: Todd Arrington, James A. Garfield NHS. This program is part of the Leaders and Legacies series with Mentor Public Library. Though the program is online, registration is still required. The registration link can be accessed here:
Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War - LibCal - Mentor Public Library

 

"Fraternity, Charity, & Loyalty”: The Grand Army of the Republic (Encore)
Wednesday, April 14 at 12 p.m.

After the Civil War, many Union veterans joined the Grand Army of the Republic, the nation’s first large-scale veterans’ organization (and forerunner of such groups as the American Legion, VFW, etc.). What was the philosophy behind the GAR? How did it influence Civil War remembrance? How did it become a political force? This talk will answer these questions and more! This is an encore presentation of a program originally presented in 2017. Speaker: Todd Arrington, James A. Garfield NHS. This program is part of the Leaders and Legacies series with Mentor Public Library. Though the program is online, registration is still required. The registration link can be accessed here:
Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War - LibCal - Mentor Public Library