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Known as the turning point in the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg shifted the war’s momentum in favor of the Union when Major General George Gordon Meade’s army defended attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ending Lee’s invasion of the North. On Saturday, July 20, the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library will present a family program to remember the three-day battle fought July 1-3 in 1863 in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Two volumes of Alexander Gardner’s work ‘Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War’ will be on view courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art. In addition, the event will also feature a slew of activities to remember the Battle of Gettysburg: the Lourdes University Chorus will perform songs from the Civil War, Imelda Hunt and New Works Writers Series are slated to present an original one-act play ‘Poetic Voices of Gettysburg,’ and retired Southview High School American History teacher William Hill will share a lecture about the battle.
Free. Toledo Public Library Main Branch, 325 N. Michigan St. 419-259-5200. www.toledolibrary.org.—GMK
