“Witness and Response: Art, Artifacts, and the Meaning of the Civil War”
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 12:00PM
Fleming Museum
With Andrew Buchanan, Senior Lecturer, UVM Department of History,
and Kassandra LaPrade Seuthe, Graduate Student, UVM Department of History.
The Civil War is often called the most transformative period in U.S. history, with many aspects of American society fundamentally changed in its aftermath. This talk explores the contested meanings of the Civil War through a discussion of art and artifacts in the Fleming’s Civil War exhibitions.