Citizens for the Restoration of Historical La Mott (CROHL) will host “’The Families’ Civil War’ – Discussing the black family in the Civil War” on Sunday, February 25 at 3:00pm.
The free event will be held online and will feature Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro discussing his recently published book, ‘The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.
From the event’s description:
Dr. Pinheiro, Assistant Professor of African American History in the Department of History at Furman University will talk about his book, ‘The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice,’ which received rave reviews in the LA Review of Books and the Civil War Book Review. It was the 2023 Nautilus Book Award, Silver Winner. It also received an honorable mention, in the Civil War Monitor, for the best Civil War book of 2022. He has also started preliminary work for a new monograph that will examine all Pennsylvania-born soldiers who trained at Camp William Penn. He’s also been interviewed by CNN, History Channel, NPR, Defense One, Smithsonian Magazine, Curiosity Streams, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He also serves on the advisory board for Ford’s Theater.
Dr. Pinheiro’s talk will focus on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in the military from 1850 through the 1920s. Counter to the national narrative which championed the patriotic manhood of soldiering from the Civil War through the 1920s, his research reveals that African American veterans and their families’ military experience were much more fraught. Economic and social instability introduced by military service resonated for years and even generations after soldiers left the battlefield.
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Ms. Martha Woods, a resident in Historic La Mott & Camp William Penn Museum board member, will tell of her journey to our community based on family history and her great-grandfather who enlisted at Camp William Penn leaving behind a wife and nine children.
For more information and to reserve a spot, you can click here.
About CROHL
CROHL was founded in 1969 to protect and preserve the heritage of La Mott. CROHL continues to work at preserving the history of the community, the legacy of the soldiers who trained at Camp William Penn, as well as re-opening the Camp William Penn Museum.
CROHL is located at 1618 Willow Avenue in the La Mott section of Cheltenham Township.
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