Saturday, March 12, 2016
The history of the Confederacy is one of the most problematic
in American history.
The memory of Confederate soldiers and the Confederate
armies and the meaning of their experiences in the longterm continue to be one of the most vexing problems in
public and academic history.
Symposium Schedule
9 a.m.: Continental breakfast and REGISTRATION
9:30 a.m.: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Daryl Black, president
and executive director, Gettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum
11:15 a.m.: LUNCH (included)
12:30 p.m.: “Soldiers at the Barricade” battlefield program
2 p.m.: Break
2:15 p.m.: “Teaching Confederate Memory,” Dr. Patrick Lewis,
Director, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary
Edition www.patrick-lewis.com.
3:45 p.m.: Break
4 p.m.: Facilitated Dialogue: The Confederate Flag
7 p.m.: Dinner at a local Gettysburg restaurant (Two drinks
per attendee included. Dinner is on your own from the menu.)
Cost
$60 for Museum partners
$75 for non-Partners
New This Year:
The Seminary Ridge Museum is
pleased to offer Act 48 Professional
Development hours for this program
to Pennsylvania educators, in
conjunction with the Lincoln
Intermediate Unit 12.
For more information, please contact
Pete Miele, Director of Education &
Museum Operations, at:
[email protected].
Registration
Return the registration form to:
Gettysburg Seminary Ridge
Museum, 61 Seminary Ridge,
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Call 717-339-1300 Monday-Friday
9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Symposium
This year’s symposium will focus on how Confederate
history has been taught, its impact on American social,
political and cultural life and how, in the 21st century, this
history can inform our understanding of national identity,
politics and race.
Registration Deadline:
Friday, March 4
2016
Teaching Confederate History