The Lincoln Memorial Shrine, in partnership with the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table and African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table, presents “Slavery and Secession,” a program by Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley, former Chief Historian for the National Park Service, where he will share his extensive research into the records from the secession winter of 1860-61 and answers the question: “Why did the South secede?” The presentation takes place on Wednesday, June 26 at 6pm in the Contemporary Club of A.K. Smiley Public Library and on Zoom.
Currently a Professor of History at New Mexico State University, Dr. Pitcaithley will summarize his two decades of examination of the official records of the secession movement, including the speeches and debates of elected officials captured in the Congressional Globe, proceedings of state legislature and secession conventions, and the Washington Peace Conference. As Dr. Pitcaithley will demonstrate, these records clearly reveal the motivations of the South’s promoters of disunion.
The Contemporary Club is located at 173 S Eureka Street in Redlands. This program is free and open to the public. To view from home, please click this link on the day of the program. If you have any questions, please contact the Heritage Room at (909)798-7632 or heritage@akspl.org. Program subject to change.
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