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Making Sense of the Civil War Discussion Series
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Cost: Free; Participants Must Register
William Hall Library
1825 Broad Street
Cranston, RI 02905
Erik Christiansen, a Civil War scholar from Rhode Island College, 
will lead a discussion entitled “Imagining War” based on readings from March by Pulitzer prize winner, Geraldine Brooks.
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