Volume 7 • Issue 7 • November-December 2020

Stand Fast to the Union and the Old Flag - Re-electing Lincoln in 1864

Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election in extraordinarily unique and difficult circumstances in November 1864: in the midst of a bloody civil war that had already dragged on for more than three years. Some suggested to Lincoln that the election be postponed; Lincoln refused, but worried that he would be defeated at the polls. So how did the sixteenth president manage to be re-elected as the Civil War continued to rage across the United States? Learn more about the 1864 election during this program!

This live program will be delivered online by Park Ranger Todd Arrington on November 18, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. as 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: https://mentorpl.libcal.com/event/5734444. Interested in watching more from our Leaders and Legacies series? Head over to the Mentor Public Library's YouTube channel for a playlist of all the speakers, or to the playlist on our channel @GarfieldNPS.

"I Can Make Georgia Howl": Sherman's March to the Sea, November-December 1864

Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman captured the important Confederate city of Atlanta in September 1864. He then turned his eyes to the Atlantic coast, intending to march across Georgia and then turn north toward South Carolina. That journey across Georgia has gone down in history as "the March to the Sea." Learn more about this famous and fascinating event in this program originally presented in 2014.

This live program will be delivered online by Park Ranger Todd Arrington on December 9, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. as 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: https://mentorpl.libcal.com/event/5734444.