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Learning Opportunities Offered by the Catoctin Center
Institute for Learning in Retirement
Beyond the Battlefields: Non-Military Civil War Sties in Frederick County
Frederick Community College
April 25, 2005
Explore non-military aspects of the Civil War in Frederick County by visiting sites where key events occurred and significant issues emerged. The meeting place of the Maryland legislature as it debated secession, the residence of the author of the Dred Scott decision, the home where Jeb Stuart and his Confederate Cavalry held the Sabers and Roses Ball, the site of a post-war Freedmen's Bureau school for African-American children - these are among the historic places we will investigate. We will begin the day with classroom discussion, and then travel by van to Kemp Hall, the Roger Brooke Taney house, Landon House, and a Freedman's Bureau school site. No battlefields, but lots of Civil War era history! Lunch will be provided.
Refugees and Rebels: The History of Monocacy Battlefield
Frederick Community College
March 15, 22, 29, April 5
The area now encompassed by Monocay National Battlefield has a rich and varied history. This course, offered by the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies and collaboratively taught, will explore the archeology of the Best Farm, the story of the refugee Vincendiere family and their plantation L'Hermitage, and the civilian and military context of the Battle of Monocacy. It will culminate in a visit to this fascinating historical site.
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