Local History & Genealogy Events

LHG Workday Wednesday
Wednesday, April 16th
Join us every third Wednesday of each month from 2:00PM-7:00PM to research and socialize.

 

Our Combustible Friend: Archibald McGregor – & the Newspaper War of Words, 1861-1864
Wednesday, April 2nd | 1:00PM-3:00PM

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CIVIL WAR READER’S THEATER: Dr. Bradley Keefer of Kent State Ashtabula will share his findings surrounding the debates that took place on the pages of The Democrat & The Repository during the war.

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Dr. Bradley Keefer, Associate Professor of History at Kent State University at Ashtabula, will utilize a living history style event to recreate the political and ideological disputes between newspapers in Canton, Ohio during the Civil War.  His research on this topic was included as a chapter in the book Lesser Civil Wars: Civilians Defining War and the Memory of War edited by Marsha Robinson. A copy of this chapter can be reviewed in advance of the program in the MPL Local History & Genealogy Department.

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Registration required.