Event List

Come see Gone with the Wind on the 86th anniversary of its theater debut on January 17, 1940! Be prepared, this classic movie is almost 4 hours long but we will have an intermission about halfway through.

Kathleen Marcaccio will provide background on author, Margaret Mitchell, and her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gone with the Wind; the 1939 film by the same name; Margaret Mitchell’s post-GWTW life; and Gone with the Wind&nbs

This presentation takes a unique approach, tracing the war through events in Michigan and at the Eastern battlefields. At the beginning of the war, in April of 1861, Michigan had about 1200 men and a few officers in the State Militia.

Come join local musician, Peter Folco, by the fireplace to hear songs from the Civil War Era.

This classic two-hour movie stars Matthew Broderick as Robert Gould Shaw, who volunteers to lead the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

This classic four-hour movie portrays the battle of Gettysburg, the most decisive battle of the American Civil War that the North and South fought in 1863. Based upon the novel 'The Killer Angels' by Michael Shaara.  

Rated: PG

Adults and children alike will enjoy hearing a first-hand account from Abraham Lincoln himself of the history of the United States of America during his time, from his childhood on the frontier to the twelve turbulent years from 1854 to 1865 which