Road construction is taking place on Hayes Avenue outside Spiegel Grove, grounds of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. The property entrance, located on Buckland Avenue, remains open. - Virtual program "Hayes and Garfield: The War Years"
Category: Events
Date & Time: Tuesday, February 4, 2025. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Description
The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums historian and an author of a biography of President James A. Garfield will give a virtual program on Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Garfield’s Civil War Years on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
This program is organized by and offered through the Kenosha Civil War Museum in Wisconsin and will take place online from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Central Standard Time). Attendance cost is $15 for non-members of the Kenosha Civil War Museum and $12 for Civil War museum members.
Advance registration is required and can be done here: https://museums.kenosha.org/civil-war-museum-programs-events/workshops#hayes-garfield. Registrants will receive a link via email the day of the program to participate.
Joshua Dubbert, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums historian, and C.W. Goodyear, author of "President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier,” are the presenters and will discuss the Civil War service of both presidents.
Dubbert’s research focuses on Victorian America, particularly its culture, art, architecture and the era’s presidents. He enjoys giving public programs and tours of the Hayes Home and sharing the fascinating history of Hayes, his presidency, his family and his era with the public.
Goodyear is an author and historian based in Washington, D.C. He was born in New Orleans and grew up abroad before graduating from Yale University. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His latest book, “President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier,” is a critically acclaimed biography of America’s 20th president.
Six of the eight presidents to serve after the Civil War fought in the war itself, including Hayes and Garfield. The two men had many other things in common—both were Ohioans, Republicans and U.S. Congressmen. Their mettle was tested in battle and their politics were shaped by their leadership roles during the conflict.
Hayes Presidential is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove at the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues.
For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org. Like Hayes Presidential on Facebook and follow on Instagram and X at rbhayespres and on Bluesky at rbhayespres.bsky.social.
The Civil War Museum focuses on the Civil War from the perspective of the people of the seven states of the Upper Middle West: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.