A display of some never before exhibited artifacts and documents from the Civil War will be on display FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY during “A Historic Evening at the Marcus Center” presented by The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA).

Location: 2010 at the AJA, 3101 Clifton Avenue, 45220

This one-of-a-kind event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the exhibit of Civil War artifacts from the vast collections of the American Jewish Archives.

Items on exhibit will include:

- The diary kept by Edward Rosewater, the Jewish Civil War veteran who, as a telegraph operator, transmitted the text of the Emancipation Proclamation
- The Congressional Medal of Honor received by Union soldier David Urbansky
- A Letter from Jefferson Davis, written while in England after the Civil War concerning the post-war South
- Confederate currency bearing the likeness of Confederate statesman Judah Benjamin
- Diary of Simon Mayer, member of Company O, Tenth Mississippi Infantry, Confederate Army, with a detailed account of the Battle of Murfreesboro
- Draft notice into the Union army, October 3, 1864 for Donald Ross

At 6:30 p.m., guests will then gather for a live interactive video presentation entitled,

” Lincoln, The Civil War and American Jewry” by world-renowned Lincoln scholar and author, Harold Holzer.

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Attendees will also enjoy an elegant wine and hors-d’oeuvres reception.

FREE and open to the public.

Limited seating. RSVPs on first-come-first-served basis required.