Civil War Ghosts and Legends

Civil War Ghosts and Legends

• Location: ISM Dickson Mounds Museum, Lewistown
• Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Brian Fox Ellis will present the program Civil War Ghosts and Legends at Dickson Mounds Museum Auditorium on Saturday, March 10, 2012 beginning at 2:00 p.m.  This free program is presented by the Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society.

Hear true stories and legends woven with traditional songs from the most un-civil war.  Join storyteller Brian Fox Ellis as he takes listeners back in time to the bloody battlefields, gruesome field hospitals and haunted graveyards of Americas deadliest war.  In the persona of Mathias Stritt, a German immigrant who was on the first to enlist in Peoria, Illinois and later marched with Sherman as he burned Atlanta and marched to the sea, Fox intersperses a rich knowledge of the war with stories, poetry, and period songs.  Parents should note -- stories contain strong, graphically descriptive accounts.  Parental discretion is encouraged.

Brian Fox Ellis is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, historian and museum consultant.  He works with The Field Museum, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and numerous smaller historical society museums to develop curriculum, write interpretive booklets and present staff training on storytelling as an interpretive tool.

Following the performance, the Fulton County Historical and Genealogical Society will conduct a short hands-on workshop for students exploring their family trees.  "Genealogy Detective Kits" will be given to each child 4th grade and up to play detective - to look for clues and sift through information for answers about their ancestors.  Family tree worksheets will be available for younger students.

For more information, please call 309-547-3721.