2011 Spring Lecture


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2011 Spring Lecture, Sunday, April 10

The spring Lecture of the Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War with the commemoration of attempts to get the pacifist, anti-slavery, pro-Union Mennonites and Brethren to enlist in the Confederate Army. Steve Longenecker, history professor at Bridgewater College, discussed “Shenandoah Anabaptists and the Secession Crisis” on Sunday. The service included the re-enactment of a Confederate officer striding into the Sunday morning worship service in June 1861 to instruct all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 to enlist in the Confederate Army the following week. Photo Credit: J. Allen Brubaker

Weavers Mennonite Church, located on the south side of Rt. 33, west of Harrisonburg

Robert Alley, Marvin Slabaugh and Floyd Blosser chat about the lecture.

82 persons attended the Spring Lecture at Weavers Mennonite Church for the Spring lecture.

Steve Longenecker presented the 2011 Spring Lecture.

Confederate Re-enactors, Steve Yoder & Floyd Blosser await their turn to address the group.

Floyd Blosser reads the order for 18-45 year-olds to enlist in the Confederate Army.