I am Always on the Woman’s Side – A Costumed Presentation By Karen Haas
Posted July 30, 2013 at 5:40 am by Tim Dustrude
Historian and storyteller Karen Haas portrays women from differing walks of life and points of view during the Civil War in her program, I am Always on the Woman’s Side, scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Saturday, August 3 in the San Juan Island Library.
The program is free. Call the park at 360-378-2240, ext. 2233, or the library at 360-378-2798 for more information.
Haas’ vignettes address a neglected side of Civil War life: women striving to survive in a time of violence, turmoil and societal change. Though women’s voices are often lost amid the din of the battlefield, their stories are an integral part of our nation’s history.
Her talk is the fourth in the summer program series, Connections: The Far West and Civil War, which explores the relationships between the American Civil War, the San Juan Islands and Pacific Northwest. All programs are scheduled at the San Juan Island Library, except for the Life and Times of General George Pickett, which is next slated August 7 at the San Juan Community Theatre.
The two remaining library programs-scheduled at 7 p.m., 10 and 17, are free of charge, thanks to a $500 grant to the library from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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