Making Sense of the American Civil War is a scholar-led reading and
discussion program for public audiences, presented by the National Endowment for
the Humanities and the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office. In
South Dakota, it is administered by the South Dakota Humanities Council. The first program, discussions of the introductory essay by Edward Ayers and selections from Ayers’ America’s War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries will be on Thursday, September 6th at 7:00 P.M. in the Program Room at the Sturgis Public Library. Two more discussion sessions will follow in October and November. In addition the History at High Noon program on September 21st will discuss Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind. You can check out the reading materials at the library.
Making Sense of the American Civil War is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its “We the People Initiative,” which promotes scholarship, teaching and learning about American history and culture. It is made possible locally by the SD Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
