Civil War images lecture coming to Loudonville

LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum will host a free public lecture on how images modified the way in which Americans seen conflict.

Titled “Photography During the Civil War,” this system will probably be offered by historian Mark Holbrook on Oct. 20 within the museum’s Lecture Hall, in line with a group announcement. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with this system starting at 7 p.m.

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The American Civil War was the primary main battle extensively documented by way of images. Photographers ventured into the sector, capturing scenes of camp life, troopers, fortifications and the aftermath of battles. These photographs introduced the truth of conflict into American houses, altering public notion and advancing photographic know-how.

Holbrook’s presentation will discover how images formed opinion, preserved the faces of peculiar troopers and produced a number of the most iconic photographs in American historical past.

About Mark Holbrook

Holbrook not too long ago retired as govt director of the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Previously, he served as advertising director and Civil War historian on the Ohio History Connection, and he has labored for greater than 20 years as a advisor for tourism and history-based organizations. A local of Ohio and graduate of The Ohio State University, Holbrook is the proprietor of History is Personal, a consulting agency specializing in heritage vacation spot growth. He can also be the editor of The Buckeye Vanguard concerning the forty ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and writer of “The Haven: A Light in the Darkness.”

Holbrook is well-known to Civil War audiences, having served as a reenactor and Union officer for 28 years at websites together with Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Richmond and Shiloh. He additionally coordinated navy scenes for the movie “Light of Freedom,” appeared in “Wings of the Wind” and has been featured on WOSU Television’s “Columbus Neighborhoods” and “Mysteries at the Museum” on the Travel Channel.

For extra data, go to crfmuseum.com or name 419-994-4050.

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