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    Rhode Island in the Civil War: Myth, Memory, and (Mis)Information

    Rhode Island in the Civil War: Myth, Memory, and (Mis)Information

    Presented by City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism at Gallery at City Hall

    April 28-June 29, 2012

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    After 150 years, some might assume that the history of the Civil War is a closed book. The exhibit Rhode Island in the Civil War: Myth, Memory, and (Mis)Information reopens a chapter of this story to reveal the deeper complexities of Rhode Island's Civil War experience. Curated by students in Brown University's Methods in Public Humanities class in collaboration with the Rhode Island Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration Commission, the exhibit examines the history and legacy of Rhode Island's involvement in the Civil War, using items from local archives and libraries. The exhibit will be on view at the City Hall Gallery from April 28 through June 22, with an opening reception on May 3.

    A period-uniformed brass band playing music of the Civil War will kick off the opening reception at 5 p.m. on the steps of City Hall, accompanied by a uniformed color guard of teenage Civil War reenactors from the Met School. At 5:30 a brief speaker's program will include remarks from Keith Stokes, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Commission, City Archivist Paul Campbell, and Brown University Professor Anne Valk, whose students researched, planned, and installed the exhibit.


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        Gallery at City Hall

        Providence City Hall
        25 Dorrance Street
        Providence, RI 02903

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        Free

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        April 28-June 29, 2012

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        M - F 8:30am to 4:30pm

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