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Lecture on Black Civil War Soldiers at Cuyahoga Falls Library

Posted on April 27th, 2012 by speccollections

Dr. Kelly Selby of Walsh University will speak on Black Civil War soldiers on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Cuyahoga Falls Public Library.  This free lecture starts at 7 p.m.   The program is sponsored by the General A. C. Voris Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.  To read an article from the Stow.Ohio.com Web site about this upcoming event, click here.

And remember, Special Collections will be holding our own Civil War program, Discovering Your Civil War Ancestors, on Saturday, August 11.  We hope you’ll join us!

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