Don’t miss this grand warm-up event for the St. Albans Raid 150th Anniversary Commemoration
“The Vermont Civil War Songbook”
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. St. Albans Historical Museum, Bliss Room. Free admission.
Dressed in period costume, singer/researcher Linda Radtke shares songs from Vermont during the Civil War period, with engaging commentary and letters from Vermont soldiers. Seldom-heard songs from the Vermont Historical Society include the comic but poignant “Grafted into the Army,” “Yankee Robinson at Bull Run,” “Neath the Pines of Vermont” (in which a soldier returns home to die), a satirical song about Jefferson Davis, and sentimental ballads from Vermont during the period. Linda Radtke is joined by pianist Arthur Zorn in this program for all audiences that brings the Civil War period in Vermont to life through music and letters. Hosted by the St. Albans Historical Society & Museum and sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, these events are free, accessible, and open to the public. Part of the St. Albans Raid 150th Anniversary Commemoration. (photo credit: Glenn Moody Studios).
