Murfreesboro 200 March Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series

Date: 3/7/2012
Time: 12:00 PM TO 1:00 PM

225 West College
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

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Event Description: In celebration of Murfreesboro’s Bicentennial “Our Military” month, The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County will host a series of Brown-Bag Lunch Lectures each Wednesday during March from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. The public is invited to bring their lunch and listen to the free lectures. Weekly topics are as follows: Wednesday, March 7th - Religion and the Army of Tennessee Traci Nichols-Belt and Gordon Belt share excerpts from their new book, Onward Southern Soldiers: Religion and the Army of Tennessee in the Civil War, which explores the significant impact of religion on every rank, from generals to chaplains to common soldiers. The Belts’ sources include using diaries, letters, journals, and sermons. Books will be available for purchase. Wednesday, March 14th - Women in Occupied Murfreesboro Dr. Antoinette van Zelm, historian at the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, brings Murfreesboro and Rutherford County’s Civil War home front to life through the words of three young Confederate women who kept diaries during the Civil War: C. Alice Ready, Kate Carney, and Emma Lane. Wednesday, March 21st - Murfreesboro’s Civil War Dr. Carroll Van West, director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, tells the story of how the Civil War impacted Murfreesboro and Rutherford County from March 1862 to the end of the war. Wednesday, March 28th - The Most Overlooked Battle Jim Lewis, park ranger at Stones River National Battlefield, National Park Service, shares important details of the Battle of Stones River— fought from December 31, 1862, to January 2, 1863—which may make you wonder why the Battle of Stones River is perhaps the least-known major battle of the Civil War. The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County is a joint venture between the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Main Street: Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, the City of Murfreesboro, and the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU. Additional support comes from the Rutherford County government and State Farm Insurance. Website: www.hcmrc.org


Directions:
The Heritage Center of Murfreesbor & Rutherford County

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