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The Garst
Museum Lecture Series
A
Civil War
Expedition: A Soldiers Life”
In honor of
Veterans Day, Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio is pleased to host a
special
Civil War exhibit and lecture on Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and
11, 2012.
The exhibit, A Civil War Expedition: A Soldiers Life, features the
comprehensive thirty-year collection of Eaton area resident Jack
Barnhart.
Barnhart’s collection has been featured at several National Parks, the
Ohio
Historical Society, and Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford Museum.
The
exhibit will be open to the public on Saturday, November 10, 10:00 am
to 4:00
pm and Sunday, November 11, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
As a
highlight of the weekend Veterans Day program, on Sunday, November 11
at 2:00
p.m., Jack Barnhart will present a lecture focusing on his Civil War
collection. Mr. Barnhart will share several little known stories about
the
Civil War, information about the exhibit, and his personal experience
in
collecting Civil War artifacts.
The weekend
exhibit and Sunday lecture are free to the public, however, regular
admission
will apply to tour the rest of the museum. The exhibit and lecture will
be
hosted in the Lowell Thomas Meeting room and is accessible via the rear
entrance located off the main parking lot. To our honor our veterans,
any
veteran who brings in a photo showing them in uniform will receive free
admission for themselves and their immediate family to tour the entire
museum
Saturday or Sunday.
Support for
the Garst Lecture Series comes, in part, from Harry D. Stephens
Memorial Trust,
Inc.
The Garst
Museum is located at:
205 N.
Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
website: www.garstmuseum.org
email: information@garstmuseum.org
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