Vermont Humanities

Our Civil War Legacy

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Reading and Discussion

With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in recent memory, it makes sense to reexamine the legacy of the war that tore apart the United States. Discuss the crucial final month of the war and how, but for a handful of important decisions and a good deal of luck, the outcome—of the War and of the country—might have been very different. How did the Civil War make us think differently about death and suffering? About race? And why do we continue to “re-enact” an event that caused so much pain?

Books in this Series

  • Robert Penn Warren, The Legacy of the Civil War
  • Jay Winik, April 1865, the Month That Saved America
  • Drew Gilpin Faust, This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
  • David Blight, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
  • Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War

How to Book this Series

Please browse the list of available facilitators below. Then contact your chosen facilitator to discuss the timing and other details of the series. Finally, select the “Book this Series” button and fill out our online Reading & Discussion Request Form.

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Questions?

Please contact Richelle Franzoni at (802) 262-1355 or rfranzoni@vermonthumanities.org.

Available Facilitators

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Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Woman leading a book discussion group with a book open on her lap
Vermont Humanities*** May 25, 2018