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Lecture
Series
Upcoming
Lecture Series Events
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
Tunis
Campbell: Reconstruction Politician
by William Marchione
Sunday, February 2, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Tunis
Campbell was the highest-ranking and most influential African
American politician in nineteenth-century Georgia. Born to
free black parents in New Jersey in 1812, Campbell worked
as an abolitionist often sharing a stage with Frederick Douglass.
After the Civil War, he worked for the Freedmen's Bureau in
Georgia and served as vice president of the Republican Party
of Georgia. As a justice of the peace, a minister, and a politician,
he worked to protect the rights of freed African Americans
during Reconstruction.
The
Sunday Lecture Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture SPECIAL EVENT
Photo Credit:
Andreoli
Mrs.
Lincoln: The First First Lady!
Starring
Laura F. Keyes, as Mary Todd Lincoln
Sunday, April 13, 2025
3 pm
Smyrna Community Center, Magnolia Room
1250 Powder Springs St, Smyrna, GA 30080
This is a ticketed event and includes a tea service at intermission.
Buy Tickets (Coming Soon)
Mary
Todd Lincoln lived a life filled with triumphs and tragedies,
but few people know her story. Now, librarian Laura Keyes
shares Marys story in an entertaining and educational
program entitled Mrs. Lincoln: The First First
Lady, focusing on the life and losses of Mrs.
Lincoln, set on April 14, 1865. This program depicts an extraordinarily
important time in our nations history from a point of
view that is not often explored. Learn how Mary Lincoln influenced
monumental events in her lifetime and why her story is still
relevant today.
Biography:
Laura Keyes graduated from UW-Madison with a Masters
Degree in Library Studies, and is Director of the Dunlap Public
Library. Laura is a lifetime member of the Association of
Lincoln Presenters, and recently won the Mary Todd Lincoln
Oratory Contest at the Lincoln Days celebration in Hodgenville,
KY.
More
information:
www.LauraFKeyes.com
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricVoices
If
you are interested in volunteering for the event planning
committee, please email FOSLvols@gmail.com
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
Currency
in Times of Strife
by Jeff Jones
Sunday, May 4, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
To
Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, June 1, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
To
Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, July 13, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture - Author Appearance
Author
Appearance
by To Be Announced
Sunday, August 3, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Reed House
3080 Atlanta Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
To
Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, October 5, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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First
Sunday Lecture Series
To
Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, November 2, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Check
back soon for more information.
The
Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna
Library.
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