{"id":238,"date":"2016-02-02T20:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T01:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/?p=238"},"modified":"2016-02-02T20:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T01:47:23","slug":"the-hope-horn-gallery-presents-former-scranton-mayor-ezra-ripples-civil-war-memoirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/2016\/02\/02\/the-hope-horn-gallery-presents-former-scranton-mayor-ezra-ripples-civil-war-memoirs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hope Horn Gallery Presents Former Scranton Mayor Ezra Ripple’s Civil War Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taylor\"<\/p>\n

James Taylor. Leaving Florence Prison<\/em>. Digital reproduction of lantern slide.\u00a0 1897.<\/p>\n

During the 1890s, Civil War veteran and Scranton mayor Ezra Ripple presented public lectures about his experiences as a prisoner of war in camps at Andersonville, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina, in 1864-1865.\u00a0 In addition, Ripple commissioned Civil War illustrator James Taylor to produce drawings and magic lantern slides based on his memoirs. Presented in conjunction with the 150th<\/sup> anniversaries of the Civil War and the city of Scranton, this project is co-sponsored by the Lackawanna Historical Society and a Lackawanna County Community Arts and Culture Grant, a program of Lackawanna County Commissioners Jim Wansacz, Patrick M. O\u2019Malley, and Edward G. Staback.<\/p>\n

The exhibit runs through March 11, 2016<\/p>\n

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Special Events: February 5, 2016
\nGallery Lecture
\n\u201cAndersonville and Florence Prisons: The Ezra Hoyt Ripple Memoir\u201d
\nDarlene Miller-Lanning, Ph.D
\nDirector, Hope Horn Gallery
\nBrennan Hall, Room 228, at The University of Scranton
\n5:00 to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Public Reception
\nThe Hope Horn Gallery
\nHyland Hall, 4th Floor, at The University of Scranton
\n6:00 to 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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