VA 250 Program Series - Freedom and Liberty in the American Civil War
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026 5pm - 6:30pm
Location
The Center at Belvedere – Learning Center A, Room 206
540 Belvedere Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Details
On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln consecrated the Union graves at Gettysburg in the name of a “new birth of freedom.” Even as enslaved people and white Unionists waged a war in the name of freedom, so too did Confederates claim that theirs was a war for liberty. UVA History professor Caroline Janney will explore how the legacy of the American Revolution permeated the Civil War at the national, state, and local levels.
