Saturday Speaker Series - The Civil War in Washington Territory
Sat, Mar 11
|Redmond
This is a HYBRID program. Join us online OR in the Old Redmond Schoolhouse at 16600 NE 80th St., Redmond, WA 98052.
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2023, 10:30 AM
Redmond, Old Redmond Schoolhouse, 16600 NE 80th St, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
About the Event
This territory, so distant from “back East,” participated fully in the Civil War though no battles were fought here. From issues of race and slavery, secession and widespread resignations, treason and press suppression, Washington Territorial settlers held strong opinions during the antebellum, wartime, and Reconstruction periods.
Speaker bio:
Lorraine McConaghy is a public historian who earned her PhD from the University of Washington. At the Museum of History & Industry and Washington State History Museum, her work as historian and curator has dealt with Washington at war during the Treaty War of 1855-1856, the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. She has participated in working groups concerning the opportunities of commemoration, and presented lectures and workshops on readers’ theater programs at National Council on Public History, American Association for State and Local History, and the Washington Museum Association. In 2009, her readers’ theater script, Speaking Out, won…