EVENT DETAILS:

Jon Sebastian — We Are All in This War – The Northern Homefront
5:30 p.m. – Registration/Social Hour
6:30 p.m. – Dinner
7:30 p.m. – Program
Cost: $35 by reservation, please RSVP by 12/2
(Note: Jackets required for the dining room)

RSVP:

Please contact Paul Eilbes at 262.376.0568 or peilbes@gmail.com to RSVP by 12/2. NOTE: this meeting will take place at the Bavarian Bierhaus (700 W. Lexington Blvd, Glendale, WI).

ABOUT THE EVENT:

While the battles were mostly fought in the South, the people of the North were directly impacted and affected by the Civil War. Many aspects of life, even mundane daily tasks, were different. What were the experiences of those on the home front? How were they changed? And who were the Victorians? (Not the Steampunk variety) Where did they fit in? What about industrialization, transportation, and technology? And, of course, there were times when the Northern home front did become the battle front. Perhaps this side of the war deserves a closer look.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Jonathan Sebastian earned his B.A. in history from Judson College (now University) and his M.A. in Public History from Loyola University Chicago. He has been an adjunct professor of history at Judson University teaching World History 1500 to the Present and U.S. History. More recently, he was a social studies teacher at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. He was a tour guide at Jubilee College State Historic site outside of Peoria, Illinois, a projectbased researcher at the Pritzker Military Library, and was the curator of the Fischer Farm historic site in Bensenville, Illinois. Currently, he is an experience facilitator at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum and the education and programs assistant at the Elmhurst History Museum. He is also the author of Bensenville in the Arcadia Press Images of America Series.