Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS

DISTRICT

Monday: “Abraham Lincoln, American Hero” is the title of a lecture by Harold Holzer, author of “Lincoln at Cooper Union,” 6:30 p.m. at Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW. An award ceremony for winners of the Idea of America essay contest will precede the lecture. Admission by ticket only. Visit www.neh.gov to request tickets. More information: 202/606-8446.

MARYLAND

Thursday: “Black Sailors in Navy Blue: African American Sailors of the Civil War,” a lecture by Joseph Reidy, 7 p.m., Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore. Part of USS Constellation Museum 150th Anniversary Speakers Series. $10 in advance, $8 members. $12 at door. Information: 410/539-1797, Ext. 422.

Oct. 30-31: Historian James W. Lowry, as “Dr. Lowry, embalming surgeon,” discusses the practice of mortuary science and the art of embalming during the war. A display of 19th-century coffins is included in the presentation, at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick. Information: 301/695-1864 or www.civilwarmed.org.

PENNSYLVANIA

Oct. 23-24: The Autumn Gettysburg Civil War Show, All-Star Sports Complex, Gettysburg. Sponsored by Thomas Publications and North-South Trader’s Civil War magazine. Information: 717/642-6600.

Oct. 30-31: Living historians explain the lives of soldiers and civilians during the war. Artifact and clothing displays. National Civil War Museum, One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park, Harrisburg. Information: 717/260-1861 or www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org.

VIRGINIA

Oct. 24 and Oct. 30-31: Bert Morgan and Chuck Mauro will shoot battle scenes for a film, “The Battle of Chantilly” at Frying Pan Park, 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The public is invited. Contact Bert Morgan at 703/378-9743 or bertmorgan@cox.net.

Information excerpted in part from the Civil War News, Tunbridge, VT 05077, by permission. Information for the calendar may be sent to civilwar@washingtontimes.com or by fax to 202/529-3298.