PT library to hold Civil War programs
Peters Township Public Library will host two Civil War-themed programs funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The library was one of three sites in the United States to receive an additional Civil War 150! programming grant. Civil War 150! is a collaboration between the Library of America and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Dr. Elaine Frantz Parsons, associate professor of history at Duquesne University, will discuss “Women in the Civil War” at 7 p.m. May 22.
Her work focuses on social movements and popular culture in the 19th-century United States, with a focus on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Dr. Faith Barrett, associate professor of English at Duquesne University, will discuss “American Poetry and the Civil War” at 7 p.m. June 19.
Registration is required by emailing programs@ptlibrary.org or calling 724-941-9430.