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What Civil War Are We Talking About? Southern Honor and the Myth of the Lost Cause

In the aftermath of a brutal Civil War, many southerners justified their sacrifice by creating a romanticized version of the War. Prominent people like South Carolina’s Wade Hampton and LaSalle Corbell Pickett, widow of the famed Confederate General, promoted a version of the War that justified the South’s secession, casting doubt on the real causes of the conflict. This presentation explores this 19th-century manifestation of “fake news” and its lasting consequences on the national memory and understanding of the Civil War.


Ron Roth is the former director and CEO of the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, and director of the Nebraska Museum of Art of the University of Nebraska. He has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions from the Patriotic Paintings of N.C. Wyeth to a major exhibition with international glass artist Dale Chihuly. As an independent curator and consultant, he researched and wrote the script for the permanent exhibition area of the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, and its exhibit on the Underground Railroad in central Pennsylvania. Roth’s recently published book, The Civil War in the South Carolina: How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black union Regiment Defined the War, received outstanding critical praise.

 

This Program is sponsored by South Carolina Humanities. The mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-base experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. South Carolina Humanities receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as corporate, foundation and individual donors. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of community leaders from throughout the state.

 

 

Programs are free and open to all.

 

Registration is suggested; click here to register.

Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10:00am to 11:30am

Cheezem Education Center 100 Thomas Green Boulevard, Clemson, SC 29631

Notice of Non-Discrimination

Event Type

Seminars

Target Audience

General Public, All Audiences

Departments

Centers and Institutes, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Website

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-civ...

Cost

Free

Contact Name:

Julie Vidotto

Contact Phone:

864-633-5242

Contact Email:

olli@clemson.edu

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