Some news from our good friends at Shiloh and Corinth...an excellent program opportunity: ______________________________________________ Shiloh National Military Park, the Ulysses S. Grant Association and the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University will present the Corinth Contraband Camp Symposium on April 17-18, 2014. Keynote speaker on Thursday evening will be Dr. John David Smith, Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. On Friday morning, participants will have time to tour the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center and attend a ranger led tour of the Corinth Contraband Camp. A panel discussion with Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Ulysses S. Grant is scheduled for Friday afternoon followed by key note speaker Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. Concluding the Corinth Contraband Camp Symposium will be a dynamic performance by acclaimed Civil War musician Bobby Horton on Friday evening. All events are free and open to the public. For more information contact the Corinth Battlefield Staff at (662) 287-9273 or visit the park website at nps.gov/shil.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:27:21 +0000
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