The Auglaize County Historical Society and Auglaize County Public District Library will host “Fighting for Freedom: The Story of the United States Colored Troops” by Anthony Gibbs on Tuesday, September 10, at 7 p.m. at the St. Marys Community Public Library, 140 South Chestnut Street, St. Marys. The event is free and open to the public, and is presented in conjunction with the national traveling exhibit “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” which will appear at the Wapakoneta Library through October 12. Almost 200,000 black soldiers fought for the Union during the Civil War. Their story is a unique chapter in the American conflict. These men were freedom fighters who fought for emancipation and for full citizenship rights. In “Fighting for Freedom,” Anthony Gibbs discusses events significant to these men that led up to the Civil War, and what made these men different from the other thousands who fought and died in the War Between the States. Anthony Gibbs has traveled throughout Ohio as a teaching artist and living history performer. He portrays John Parker, an Underground Railroad conductor from Ripley, OH; Milton Holland, a soldier of Medal of Honor recipient of the 5th U.S.C.T.; and other key figures in African American History. For almost ten years Gibbs has presented workshops and performances on the United States Colored Troops and their participation in the Civil War. A graduate of The Ohio State University, he is founder and Creative Director of Black Historic Impressions, an organization dedicated to the remembrance, appreciation, and exhibition of African American contributions throughout history. Anthony Gibbs’ appearance in Auglaize County is made possible, in part, by the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. about Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War Created through a collaboration between the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Constitution Center (NCC) in Philadelphia, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” is traveling to libraries, historical societies, museums, civic, community, and heritage organizations, and institutions of higher learning across the country from 2009 through 2015. The traveling exhibition and tour are funded by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to the National Constitution Center. The Auglaize County Public District Library—with its collaborator, the Auglaize County Historical Society—was one of only 25 institutions in the nation to be awarded the exhibit during the initial round of grant applications. “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” offers a fresh and innovative perspective on Abraham Lincoln that focuses on his struggle to meet the political and constitutional challenges of the Civil War. The exhibition explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties. Visitors will leave the exhibition with a more complete understanding of Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis. For more information about the exhibit or any of its accompanying events, please contact the Auglaize County Historical Society at [email protected] or visit auglaize.oplin.org.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:39:14 +0000
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