ST PAUL'S CHURCH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

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St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site @ 897 S. Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550

914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa

Contact: David Osborn (site manager), at 914-667-4116; dho59stpaul@yahoo.com

George Washington & the Civil War,

at National Historic Site in Westchester County, Sat. April 13

The intriguing question of what does George Washington have to do with the American Civil War will be the subject of a special talk by Professor Anne Sarah Rubin of the University of Maryland, at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site, in Mt. Vernon, Saturday, April 13, at 2 PM. Professor Rubin’s presentation explores the ways that both the Union and the Confederacy drew on the mythology and iconography of the Revolutionary War. Dr. Rubin is President of the Society of Civil War Historians, and has written numerous works on the great national conflict, including the award winning, A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868. The site is open from noon to 4 PM.

Parking and admission free; light refreshments served.

When:Saturday, April 13, 2013, talk at 2 PM; Site is open from 12- 4PM

Where: St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site, 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY, 914-667-4116; www.nps.gov/sapa

Directions: Hutchinson River Parkway to Exit 7, Boston Road, and follow directional signs to the site.