We welcome Jonathan Noyalas, the McCormick Chair in Civil War History and Director, McCormick Civil War Institute at Shenandoah University, as he provides an engaging session on the lives of African Americans living in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War era, their navigation on the road to freedom and their role in the fight for freedom during the Civil War. His fields of specialty include Civil War History, and is the author of  Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era.
March 1: 4-6pm at Long Branch
Includes wine and cheese reception before presentation