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Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era Series: Oliver O. Howard and the Freedmen’s Bureau
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Mentor Public Library at 8215 Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH 44060Dates & Times
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Join James A. Garfield NHS staff and volunteers at Mentor Public Library on the second Wednesday of each month for a new talk on “Leaders & Legacies of the Civil War Era”! The Freedmen’s Bureau was a short-lived but critically important government agency charged with aiding formerly enslaved people after the Civil War. The Bureau helped freed people build schools, purchase land, find family members who’d been sold, and more. Learn more about this agency and its director, Union Gen. Oliver O. Howard!