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November 6-7, 2009: Mercersburg, PA Live and Learn Weekend. Click here for details.

My Confederate Kinfolk, by Thulani Davis

“ A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots”
November 6-7, 2009—Mercersburg, PA

The inspiring stories of the Quest for Freedom that linked all Americans are revived in Live & Learn Weekends.

NOVEMBER 6

• Opening Reception with music and refreshments begins at 6:00 PM at Mercersburg Inn
• Dr. LaTonya Thames-Taylor and the PA Past Players open discussion of My Confederate Kinfolk
  at 7:00 PM at Mercersburg Inn.

• Doors of the Burgin Center open at 8:30 AM for Continental Breakfast. Opportunity to view
  three historic paintings of the 1862 Raid of J.E.B. Stuart by Ron Lesser.
• 9:00 AM—11:00 AM—Local artifacts, art work, original muster rolls, and presentation by
  Dickinson College of the virtual Underground Railroad Project - “A House Divided”
• 11:15 AM—1:00 PM—Tour of Zion Union Cemetery, Confederate graves at Fairview
  Cemetery, Mercersburg’s African American Community on Fayette Street and the Bethel
  A.M.E. Church. Zion Union Cemetery Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission Marker
  Dedication Ceremony
• 1:15 PM—2:30 PM—Enjoy a period menu representing the Civil War-era cuisines of the North
  and South.
• 2:45 PM— 3:45 PM— Discussion of local African American Community, Underground Railroad
  Routes, and U.S. Colored Troops
• 4:00 PM—5:00 PM—Discussion of the Whig Party , James Buchanan and his views of slavery,
  and Civil War activity of Franklin County and the seizure of hostages and “contraband.”