Ft. Washington Historical Society presents Civil War talk

Posted 8/27/14

This photo is provided courtesy of the E. Hamilton Park Library at Clifton House which houses over 3,500 reference sources on local history, genealogy and American History. The Historical Society of …

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Ft. Washington Historical Society presents Civil War talk

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This photo is provided courtesy of the E. Hamilton Park Library at Clifton House which houses over 3,500 reference sources on local history, genealogy and American History. This photo is provided courtesy of the E. Hamilton Park Library at Clifton House which houses over 3,500 reference sources on local history, genealogy and American History.

The Historical Society of Fort Washington is sponsoring a lecture on African Americans during the Civil War by Paula Gidjunis, instructor at the Civil War Institute at Manor College.

The lecture will be at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 16, at Clifton House, 473 S. Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington.

She will share her research on some of the experiences of the African Americans who were soldiers during the Civil War.

Gidjunis is on the boards of the Historical Society of Montgomery County and the Delaware Valley Civil War Round Table and chairs its Preservation Committee. The lecture is free and will be followed by light refreshments.

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