CSPAN3 Lectures In History Rural America After The Civil War November 5, 2022
Good. Welcome to class. Our topic today is small town maine and the world the year. 1872 and the little town of monson in central maine has a big problem problem. The town has bounced from the fire that swept through its downtown destroying many of the buildings. In 1860 and its from the trauma of the American Civil War the civil war ended just seven years earlier in. 65 more than 10 of townspeople served in the civil. And at six of them died. The problem, even as the town of monson celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding is that so many of its young people are moving away. In the cens...