Civil War Symposium
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
Independence, MO
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area, the Civil War Roundtable of Kansas City, and the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum are co-sponsoring a Civil War Symposium.
The symposium will be held at the newly renovated Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Free admission to the museum is included with the symposium registration fee.
Sessions presented by noted historians from both sides of the Missouri-Kansas border will examine topics such as women on the border, slavery in Missouri, Bleeding Kansas, the occupation in Civil War Missouri, guerrillas as combatants, and Order No. 11.
Sponsors encourage participants to gain a better understanding of the events of the late 1850s and early 1860s that shaped our region and influenced national history.
For more information email ksutter@freedomsfrontier.org
9:30 a.m. 鈥� Check-in
10 a.m. 鈥� Welcome & introductions
10:15 a.m. 鈥� Kerry Altenbernd, 鈥淭he Battle of Blackjack: John Brown Begins the War on Slavery鈥�
11:15 a.m. 鈥� Alisha Moore Cole, 鈥淧etticoat Warriors鈥�
12 p.m. 鈥� Lunch
12:30 p.m. 鈥� Dick Titterington, 鈥淲estport: Three Days in October 1864鈥�
1:30 p.m. 鈥� Dr. Harry Laver, 鈥淎frican-American Soldiers and the Fight for Civil Liberty鈥�
2:30 p.m. 鈥� Daniel L. Smith, 鈥淭he Loss of Civil Liberties in the Struggle for Freedom and the Lasting Legacy of the Battle of Westport鈥�
3:15 p.m. 鈥� Closing Remarks
All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.