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Sun
21
Making Sense of the Civil War Discussion Series
Sunday, October 21, 2012
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Cost: Registration is Closed
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Thomas Turner, Professor Emeritus and Civil War scholar from Bridgewater State University, 
will lead a discussion based on readings from Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James McPherson.
What's Going On
Tuesday 12:00PM - 1:00PM, May 28
Thursday 5:00PM - 7:30PM, May 30
Thursday 6:00PM - 8:00PM, May 30
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Remembering when...
Marching in Providence!
City Hall
PPL Special Collections - Glass Negatives
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PPL...Building for the Ages
View the story
of our 113-year-old
Library's restoration.
Providence Public Library... Building for the Ages
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