Award-winning author, presenter, and study leader
Gregg Clemmer
EVENTS
The Civil War’s Enduring Legacies
December 3, 2024
7 p.m.
Fishersville Library
1759 Jefferson Highway
Fishersville, VA 22939
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Near the end of his life, Mark Twain wrote that the American Civil War had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations." Really? Just two...or three generations? In The Civil War’s Enduring Legacies, Clemmer compares and contrasts the details and events of the 1860s with those of today – everything from clothing styles, poems, and music to speeches, food, and quotes to the famous, infamous, and forgotten. But of more importance, perhaps, what is The War's enduring legacy? And how do Americans of today compare with those from that time in their response to devastating events? Expect the unexpected!
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