[ June 25, 2011; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The Summit County Historical Society of Akron invites you to attend a FREE musical performance by Bobby Horton, Authentic Civil War Music: A Vocal and Instrumental History Lesson, on the front porch of the stately Perkins Stone Mansion.

Mr. Horton has produced and performed music scores for [...]

[ May 18, 2011; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Come out to the Fairlawn-Bath Branch Library for an evening with John Brown! John Brown is best known for his failed raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, WVA in 1859. That event was a major step towards secession and the Civil War.   In this portrayal, John Brown is in jail after he has [...]

[ April 12, 2011; 11:30 am to 2:00 pm. ] This outstanding program will be presented for the first time by The Summit County Historical Society in partnership with Carol Eubank. The program will highlight a Civil War wedding gown along with 1860s era dresses, bonnets, underpinnings, capes, parasols, fans, shoes, hats and Civil War memorabilia. Doors open at 11:30am, lunch will be served at [...]

[ July 18, 2011; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Come join the Bath Township Historical Society and Museums at the Fairlawn-Bath Branch Library for an evening with Billy Yank.  Mark Holbrook, the guest lecturer, is a native Ohioan, a graduate of Ohio State University, and the Marketing Manager for the Ohio Historical Society.  More than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army from 1861-1865.   In this [...]

[ June 27, 2011; 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Come join the Bath Township Historical Society and Museums at the Fairlawn-Bath Branch Library for a lecture by  Kelly Selby, an assistant professor at Walsh University, where she teaches U.S., Civil War, and Women’s History, on Ohio women on the home front during the Civil War.  Ohio’s political and military importance to the Union victory are widely [...]