"Second Sunday Series" - Programs for adults
2:00 pm - Our Civil War
107 Ridgedale Ave., Florham Park, NJ
www.florhamparklib.org

Charlotte Beauregard, a Virginian, is devastated when her two sons, Samuel and Nathan both join the fighting.  Samuel enlists with the Confederate Army while Nathan joins the Union Army.  We watch with Charlotte as key events, such as the first shots at Fort Sumter, the Battle of Antietam and the Gettysburg Address shape the era, and we get to know the political positions of Presidents Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln.  The activities of the Underground railroad and the bravery of Harriet Tubman are interactively illustrated.  After a poignant rendition of Pickett's Charge--the Confederate Army's final attempt to overcome the northern forces in Gettysburg--the program concludes with the southern surrender at Appomatix Courthouse, VA in 1865.  With the war over at last, Charlotte's two sons return home and their arrival is celebrated with a good old-fashioned square dance at the Beauregard farm.   
For ages 13 through adult