Monday, March 12, 2012

Civil War HistoryMobile at VMI March 21-22

Via SHNV



LEXINGTON, Va., March 2, 2012 – An 18-wheel museum on wheels will visit Virginia Military Institute later this month.

The Civil War 150 HistoryMobile will be parked in front of Preston Library and open for touring from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, and from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 22. The exhibit is an initiative of the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, whose 2012 signature conference, “Leadership and Generalship in the Civil War,” will take place March 22 in VMI’s Marshall Hall conference center.

Also that week is the 2012 Stonewall Jackson Symposium, sponsored by VMI’s Stonewall Jackson House, with a daytime event Friday, March 24, “Lexington’s Civil War,” that is open to the public. The Symposium continues Saturday, March 25, by registration only. Information is available at www.stonewalljackson.org.

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