All of the speakers listed below will appear in the Huntsville/Madison County Main Library (915 Monroe Street) Atrium. Events are free of charge, and no registration is required. For more information, contact Elizabeth Spalding at espalding@hmcpl.org.
Young Mr. Lincoln
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
6:30 PM
Dr. Waymon Burke, Professor of History at Calhoun Community College, will present a program discussing Lincoln as a young man.
When "Old Stars" Fell on Alabama: General Ormsby Mitchel Captures North Alabama
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
6:30 PM
Brian Hogan, former President of the Tennessee Valley Civil War Round table, will present a program on Union General Ormsby McKnight Mitchel and the invasion of Huntsville in 1862.
Huntsville: The Occupied City
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2:00 PM
Historian Susanna Leberman of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Archives will give a power point presentation depicting life in Huntsville during the Civil War.
Lincoln's Last Day
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
6:30 PM
Huntsville author and historian Jacque Proctor Reeves will give a presentation discussing the day of Lincoln’s death.
