Drummer Boy Daniel Webster Marston of Robust, proven right here, was 13 when he enlisted alongside his father within the ninth Maine Infantry. Courtesy of the Maine State Museum.
AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historic Society’s Could presentation on “Maine Voices of the Civil Struggle,” by Laurie LaBar, is deliberate for six:30 p.m. Wednesday, Could 18.
The discuss might be held on the Maine State Library’s non permanent location, 242 State St. That is the previous location for the Division of Motor Autos and the Public Utilities Fee.
Many books have been written in regards to the valiant position of Maine’s troopers within the Civil Struggle. In “Maine Voices from the Civil Struggle” creator and curator LaBar examines the conflict from a number of views, utilizing the writings of Maine troopers and civilians, in addition to the objects they left behind, in accordance with a information launch from the society.
She discusses the points of a soldier’s life and the chances that awaited them: camp, battle, jail, hospital, and with luck, protected return house. She additionally touches on the house entrance, the challenges that troopers’ members of the family confronted, and the ways in which the conflict got here house to Maine.
LaBar is the chief curator of historical past and ornamental arts on the Maine State Museum. A former archaeologist, she obtained her grasp’s diploma from the College of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in Early American Tradition and returned to Maine to grow to be a curator.
Along with writing “Maine Voices of the Civil Struggle,” LaBar additionally penned “Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Consolation and Group,” which is co-published by the Maine State Museum and Down East Books. Her presentation for the Kennebec Historic Society about Maine quilts final August can nonetheless be seen at fb.com/KHS1891.
The society Could presentation, co-sponsored by the Maine State Library, is free to the general public; donations might be accepted. For extra details about this system, name Scott Wooden, govt director, at 207-622-7718.
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