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July 27, 2010 8:39 PM
Preservation Thursday: Life During the American Civil War
DEADWOOD – The Adams Museum and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will host a presentation by South Dakota Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau scholar Lois Beckner at 12 noon on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Beckner will chronicle the human side of the Civil War, examining ideology, lifestyle and culture in both the North and the South. The Preservation Thursday program will be held at Deadwood City Hall, 102 Sherman Street, Deadwood. The event is wheelchair accessible. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Ms. Beckner’s program will focus on the events leading up to the American Civil War and how such factors as the Westward Movement, slave trade, early American political viewpoints, the industrialization of America and the Louisiana Purchase helped to fuel the conflict. She will also explore how the outcome of the war affected the roles of women and African Americans.
Lois Beckner earned a MA in Art Education from West Virginia University and has taught in a variety of private and public settings to all ages; toddlers to senior citizens. She participates in living history events in the upper midwest and in the state of Virginia. Beckner has been a South Dakota Humanities Council speaker since 1999.
Preservation Thursday is co-sponsored by the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission, Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation, South Dakota Humanities Council (an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities), Black Hills Pioneer and the Rapid City Journal.