Civil War Songs with Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle

Join us Wednesday May 30 at 7pm for Rally Round the Flag: The American Civil War in Folksong with Marek Bennett (Big Paws)and Woody Pringle (Bradford Bog People).   Join us as these talented  folk musicians present a year-by-year tour through the American Civil War, using period folksongs to illustrate the social, political, and economic upheavals occurring throughout the country and at every level of society, including race relations, labor issues, Constitutional law, political rhetoric, social upheaval, and additional conflicts that led to the Civil War. From simple sing-along chants and musical games to dramatic ballads and carefully composed patriotic propaganda, we examine the folksong as a means to enact living history, share perspectives, influence public perceptions of events, and simultaneously fuse and conserve cultures in times of change.  Free and open to the public with support from the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation.