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COFFEE AND CONVERSATION:
The Civil War Through
Lincoln’s Speeches

Saturdays 11 am - 12:30 pm
October 15 & 22; November 5 & 19;
and December 3

Coffee and refreshments provided.

Appreciate the rhetoric and moral
transformation of Abraham Lincoln, whose
words are a window into the mind of a politician as well as a man thinking deeply about the issues
facing a changing nation. Explore nine of his speeches from 1838 to 1865. At the first session, October
15, meet your program leader, borrow your book, Lincoln On the Civil War, and with your guide, tour
Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray. The schedule of speeches for each session at hrm.org

Sponsored by the

ARTS IN THE AFTERNOON, Lifelong Learning for Adults

Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 pm
Docent Tours of Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray 3 pm

October 19 The Union and the Confederacy in Westchester
W ith Storyteller Vienna Carroll and Performer Keith Johnston

Simeon Tierce and his wife, residents of the African American Westchester
community called “The Hills,” reflect on Lincoln’s defeat in Westchester.
Q&A follows.

November 9 C ivil War Songs
With Singers and Songwriters
Matt Turk and Jim Keyes

Matt and Jim (right) perform American classics

and popular songs from Civil War times.

December 14 Painting the Civil War
A Talk with Red and Lysiane Luong Grooms
and Laura Vookles, Chair, Curatorial
Department

Red Grooms has made Civil War paintings for

almost 20 years. He and his wife, artist Lysiane Luong

Grooms, tell us how the work began, why it fascinates

them, and its relevance to our memories of history.
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