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2011-2012
Civil War Sesquicentennial Programs
at the Kelton House Museum & Garden
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Kelton, oldest son of Fernando and Sophia Kelton, served
with the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and lost his life at the Battle
of Brice's Crossroads, near Guntown, Mississippi.
Help
Save the Flag Carried
by the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
The
Kelton House has adopted a flag from the Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual
Collection at the Ohio Historical Society. The Guidon of the 95th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry will be placed on the Society's priority conservation
list when donations reach $1,000.
You can join the members of the Kelton House Civil War Sesquicentennial
Planning Committee by donating to the "Save the Flags Campaign"
at the OHS.
Please send your gift to the Ohio Historical Society/Save the Flags Campaign,
1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43211. Indicate you are donating to
the conservation of the 95th O.V.I. Guidon.
2011-2012 Civil War
Sesquicentennial Programs
at the Kelton House Museum & Garden
These
programs are made possible in part by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Child's
Play: Game and Song in Nineteenth-Century America
Sunday,
October 16, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Cost:
$5/person. Reservations recommended. Please call
614-464-2022 for reservations.
Ellen Ford will enlighten your children about how their counterparts
in the 19th century would have spent their time. Learn games that never
cease to entertain. Child-focused tours of the Museum will be available.
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot on Franklin Avenue.
For
more information, please call 614-464-2022.
Finding
Your Past: Basic Training for Your Civil War Ancestor Research
Saturday,
November 5, 2011
10:00 a.m.
Cost:
$5/person. Reservations recommended. Please call
614-464-2022 for reservations.
Learn
the basics of genealogical research using Columbus archives and computer
resources.
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot on Franklin Avenue.
For more information, please call 614-464-2022.
Wartime Columbus 1862:
A Look Back at the First Year of the American Civil War
Sunday,
January 15, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Cost:
$5/person. Reservations recommended. Please call
614-464-2022 for reservations.
Ed Lentz, Columbus's pre-eminent historian, will present a slide
lecture about Columbus as it evolved after almost a year of war. Attendees
will learn about Columbus's residents, businesses and institutions as
they respond to a country torn in two. Limited seating is available. Reservations
are recommended.
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot on Franklin Avenue.
For more information, please call 614-464-2022.
Kids,
Courage and the Civil War: Presented by the Imaginating
Dramatics Company
Sunday,
February 12, 2012
3:00 p.m.
Cost:
$4/Children 4 and over. $6/Adult. Reservations are
required. Please call 614-464-2022 for reservations.
Come see this child-friendly play with music that dramatizes the
effect of war on children.
Kids, Courage and the Civil War utilizes the words of children
from the North and South recorded in journals as its source and is accompanied
by music from the Civil War period. Appropriate for children 4 and over.
The performance is presented by the Imaginating Dramatics Company of Grandview
Heights, Ohio, a children's theatre academy where children ages 4-18 perform
for children and adults. Performers learn drama, comedy, musical theatre
and improvisations.
Refreshments will be served and tours of the Museum will be available
from 1-3 p.m.
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot on Franklin Avenue.
For more information and to make your reservations, please call 614-464-2022.
African-American
Women during the Civil War
Sunday,
July 15, 2012
2 :00 p.m.
Cost:
$5/Person. Reservations are required. Please call
614-464-2022 for reservations.
Get up close and personal with women of African descent who were
active during the Civil War.
Susie King Taylor who nursed with Clara Barton; Elizabeth Keckley, dressmaker
and confidant to Mary Todd Lincoln; Charlotte Forten, college graduate
and first African-American to teach freed men in the South; Harriet Tubman,
Sojourner Truth, and others . . . come to life in a first-person telling
of their unique experiences during the war that ripped a nation apart.
Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot on Franklin Avenue.
For more information and to make your reservations, please call 614-464-2022.
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