[ June 28, 2012; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Mr. Lincoln’s Camera Man: An Evening with Matthew Brady

Matthew Brady’s photographs of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War have become icons of the early days of photography.  Come hear the story from Matthew Brady himself as the world renowned photographer and chronicler of the American Civil War and the presidency of Abraham Lincoln shares some of [...]

[ May 24, 2012; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Francis and Arabella; John and Fanny: Love and War

This slide-illustrated presentation is the story of Union General Francis C. Barlow and his wife, Arabella, and Confederate General John B. Gordon and his wife, Fanny.  Both wives followed their husbands from battlefield to battlefield and each nursed their spouse back from life-threatening wounds.  AtGettysburg, Gordon saved [...]

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[ August 11, 2012; 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] The Special Collections Divison of the Akron-Summit County Public Library and the Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society are pleased to present the free day-long program “Discovering Your Civil War Ancestors” on Saturday, August 11, 2012 from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm in the Main Library Auditorium at 60 South High Street, Akron [...]

[ May 12, 2012; 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] The Wauseon Downtown Association will be kicking off the summer season with Wauseon’s Amazing Race!  On Saturday, May 12, everyone is invited to Depot Park to participate in this fun and informative game.  Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the old Depot Building, and the scavenger hunt wraps up there at 11:00 a.m.  Wauseon’s Amazing [...]