Lecture: “Practical Patriotism in a Civil War Quilt”
Quilt lecture with Jonathan Gregory
3:30 pm
Location:
Great Plains Art Museum Room: Main gallery
A rare Civil War quilt urges Union soldiers to “Rally ‘round the flag, boys.” The quilt, in the International Quilt Study Center & Museum collection, also provides evidence that women leveraged female cultural ideals to both defend the Union …