Arming the Union: Vermont Gun Makers and the Technology that Shaped America

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CONTACT: NANCY TUSINSKI

802-674-2863

Arming the Union: Vermont Gunmakers
and the Technology that Shaped America
Tuesday October 23 at 6:30 pm
Martin Memorial Hall

During the Civil War, the Union army fielded more than two million men, most of them armed with newly made, highly accurate rifles. How did the North produce all of those weapons in such a short time? What impact did the new rifles have on the conduct and the outcome of the war? Then, after the war, how did the new manufacturing technology change American life and popular culture? In this illustrated lecture, historian and museum curator Carrie Brown explores the critical role that Windsor, Vermont played in producing technology that won the war and changed American life. A Vermont Humanities Council event sponsored by the Friends of the Weathersfield Proctor Library.  Martin Memorial Hall is located at 5181 Route 5 Ascutney, VT. For more information, please call 802.674.2863 or visit www.weathersfieldproctorlibrary.org

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Nancy Tusinski, Director
Weathersfield Proctor Library
5181 Route 5 PO Box 519
Ascutney, VT 05030-0519
802-674-2863
http://www.weathersfieldproctorlibrary.org/