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.

First Sunday Lecture SPECIAL EVENT

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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

Tickets are $35 and include an Afternoon Tea Service.

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Tickets are also available at the Smyrna Public Library Circulation Desk.

Mary Todd Lincoln lived a life filled with triumphs and tragedies, but few people know her story. Now, librarian Laura Keyes shares Mary’s 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 nation’s 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 Master’s 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.

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.

Photo Credit: Andreoli

First Sunday Lecture Series

Coins & Currency in Times of Strife
by Jeff Jones
Sunday, May 4, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

This lecture supports the "Coins & Currency in Times of Strife" exhibit that will be on exhibit in the 2nd Floor Display Gallery for the months of May and June.

The impacts to coins & currency due to the major events between 1900 and 1970 will be discussed on the following topics:

Lead-Up to WWI 1900 to 1913
   o European Nationalism and Asia-Pacific Conflicts
   o Colonial Empire Competition

WW1 1914 to 1919
   o War in Europe
   o Aftermath of Treaty of Versailles

Interwar Years 1920 to 1939
   o Roaring 20s for Victors - Hyperinflation for Losers
   o Rise of Imperial Japan & Fascism in Europe
   o Colonial Empires

WW2 1939 to 1952
   o WWII
   o Allied Occupation (Europe, Japan)

Postwar Years 1953 to 1970
   o Western Europe Post War Prosperity Commemoratives
   o Eastern Europe Post War Iron Curtain
   o Collapse of Colonial Empires
   o Cessation of Minting of Silver Coins

Light refreshments will be served.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library

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.

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The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

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.

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The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

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.

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The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

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.

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The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

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.