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Mrs. Doris Mosley

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mrs. Doris Mosley on June 28, 2013 at Scarboro Grove Baptist Church

Deacon Robert Denson

African American Funeral Programs

Deacon_Robert_Denson.pdf - Funeral program for Deacon Robert Denson

Mr. Carlton Brantley

African American Funeral Programs

Carlton_Brantley.pdf - Funeral program for Carlton Brantley. Service was held on June 22, 2013 in Twin City, Georgia.

Stormclouds Gather On The Horizon, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

The first few stanzas of a poem by Howard Glyndon from the folds of The Lutheran and Missionary from late August of 1863:

The days of June were nearly done;The fields, with plenty overrun, Were ripening 'neath the harvest sun In fruitful Pennsylvania!

[excerpt]

Memory And Meaning: Civil Rights In Lee's Backyard, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I walked up the long winding path named for Mary Custis and her family home. As I ascended the steps I stopped to quickly pay my respects to Robert Todd Lincoln. But he wasn't my quarry for the day. As I came to the top of the steps, Robert E. Lee's home hove into view. I've been inside Lee's house a few times. Each time has been interesting, but relatively hollow. Those four walls lack the raw power that the surrounding acres seem to ooze. [excerpt]

Mrs. Lessie Mae Littles Durden

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mary Kelly Smith

African American Funeral Programs

Mary_-Kelly-_Smith.pdf - Funeral program for Mary Kelly Smith

Meanings: Where This Is All Headed, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Human tragedy, human triumph and continuing struggle, each of its own epic proportions. One convoluted war holds inside the tripartate meanings of sorrow for 620,000 lost, joy for 4 million saved and the uneasiness that the struggle for freedom would still continue 150 years later. [excerpt]

Artis Franklin Thomas

African American Funeral Programs

Artis_-Franklin-_Thomas.pdf - Funeral program for Artis Franklin Thomas

Mrs. Onnie Mae Sapp Collins

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Connie Mae Sapp Collins

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Jacquelyn Jackson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Fredrick "Freddie Man" Lee

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Frank Boyce Pearson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Born In Slavery: One Grave In Chambersburg, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

A simple epitaph with amazing impact: "Born in Slavery, Died Feb 15 1908." Those words speak and speak loudly. Thomas Burl wanted it to be known for eternity that he was a slave. And he wanted it to be known that he wasn't when he died. That label defined his whole life. It defined who he was when he had the name "slave" forced on him when he was born. And it again defined him through its absence after 1863. [excerpt]

Willie H. Hanshaw

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Eugenia Bella Smith

African American Funeral Programs

Eugenia_-Belle-_Smith.pdf - Death notice for Eugenia Belle Smith.

Rebecca Daughtry

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Robert Metts

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Fire On The Mountain: A Forest Fire Ignored?, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

There was a massive forest fire on the South Mountain at the edge of Adams County. It ripped through thousands of acres of woodland along the crest of the ridge. The undergrowth went up like a match. The spring up to this point had been unusually dry. And a fire started. [excerpt]

Dorothy M. Ward

African American Funeral Programs

Dorothy_M_Ward.pdf - Funeral program for Dorothy M. Ward

Rewind: Good Morning To The Night, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Today is a special day, a momentous day. It's a day I've thought about for a long time. A day for beginnings and a day for looking back. So I'm looking back for today's blog, to one of my favorite posts. It's simple and meaningful to me. It's about a place that has changed my life so much. And today the ripples from that place are changing it again. And it's wonderful. [excerpt]

Ronald Avery Greene

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Deacon Elton Bernard Gibson Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Hearing His Voice: What Does "War" Have To Say?, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Lee is formulating his plan to move northward, to invade Federal territory once again and lean on the United States' popular will to fight. And War will see the fruits of that decision. He'll see it all. And we're still working to tell his tale, bit by bit. [excerpt]

Mae E. Hall White

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Lena Mae Holt

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

From A Place Of Fear: Death, Slavery & Stonewall, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Earlier this spring, I sat in Gettysburg at the "Future of the Civil War" conference and listened to an intern talk about how he had been scared to interpret. He was afraid of his visitors, afraid to tell them about a place. [excerpt]

Mother Carrie Bell Jones

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Mother Carrie Bell Jones. Service held on May 10, 2013 at Williams Grove C.O.G.I.C. in Millen, GA

Ida Louise Brackett

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.