The Institute is extremely excited to announce the opening of our new Education Center! Over the last few weeks, institute volunteers have been busy painting and organizing the education center which is located at the square in Sharpsburg on the first floor at 101 W. Main Street.
The center will be used to host small events and hold our research library of Maryland Campaign material and books. The center will be open once a month from 1:00 – 3:30pm or by appointment. Institute staff will be on hand to answer questions about the Maryland Campaign, help with membership and event registrations.
We will have a grand opening on Saturday, April 5 at 1:30pm with light refreshments. At 2pm, Institute president and author of Artillery of Antietam, Jim Rosebrock will give a presentation on “Civil War Artillery 101: A basic understanding of Field Artillery at Antietam”. Institute publications will be available to purchase.
Each month the center will be open with a featured presentation beginning at 2pm.
April 5: Jim Rosebrock – Artillery 101
May 3: Matt Borders – Life of a Civil War Soldier
June 7: Justin Mayhue – Small Arms Weapons at Antietam
July 12: Meet the Authors of Commanders of Antietam
August 2: Kevin Boyer – Artifacts of the Maryland Campaign
September 6: Joe Stahl – CVDs and Identification Disks of Soldiers from the Maryland Campaign
October we will be closed due to our fall conference
November 1: TBA
December 6: TBA
(Details of the programs and speakers will be post here at a later date and on our Facebook page)