Live CAT-TV Interview: Aaron Astor On Missouri During and After the Civil War
Saturday, October 18
3:00 p.m.
CAT – TV Studio
Aaron Astor, author of Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860-1872, will engage in a live interview and Q /A about post-Civil War developments in the state of Missouri, as Reconstruction was supplanted by a widespread movement toward “white man’s democracy.”
Co- sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County and presented as the October installation of "League Presents." Seecolumbiaaccess.tv/schedule for airing times.
In-studio attendance is by invitation only.
Movie: The Battle of Island Mound
Thursday, October 23
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Hulston Hall, Classroom 7
Bill Bryan, Director, Missouri Division of State Parks, will introduce The Battle of Island Mound, a movie commemorating the confrontation between Union and Confederate forces that was the first Civil War combat involving African-American troops. The Battle of Island Mound Historic Site is maintained by the Division of State Parks. A Q&A session will follow the movie.