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SATURDAY STORIES:
All About
the Civil War
1 & 3 pm
The Museum’s Junior Docents
read these captivating tales.
After, take an interactive tour
of The Blue and The Gray,
and enjoy Family Guide
activities.
Harriet Powers, a Georgia folk artist, once enslaved, made this Bible quilt
between 1885 and 1886. National Museum of American History,
Kenneth E. Behring Center.
October 8 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford
November 12 Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney
December 10 Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
January 14 Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine
February 11 Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
TOURS
First Sundays Gallery Tours 1 pm
Gallery and Glenview Highlights October 2
Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray November 6, December 4, and February 6
Glenview in the Aftermath of the Civil War
Wednesdays - Sundays 1 & 3 pm
Join your dedicated guide and visit Glenview’s restored 19th-century rooms, furnishings, and works
of art in the context of the political climate of Westchester in Civil War times.
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