In the aftermath of the Civil War, towns throughout Massachsuetts committed funds to raise monuments dedicated to those who had died during the war. Most monuments took the form of a simple obelisk, tablet, or generic Union soldier, but Lancaster’s Memorial Hall – which had the dual purpose of serving as a monument to Lancaster’s Civil War dead and to house the Town’s public library – was markedly different. Join our Special Collections Librarian for this program, where she will examine how Memorial Hall came to be, and how the building remains a memorial to those Lancastrians who died in the deadliest war in American history.

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