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CATEGORIES:Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c
 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=16048\n\nOn Sunday April 30\, i
 n an interview with conservative writer Selena Zito\, President Trump offe
 red up an observation on the Civil War\, and whether or not it might have 
 been avoided.  "I mean\, had Andrew Jackson been [president] a little late
 r you wouldn't have had the Civil War\," Trump suggested.  "He was a very 
 tough person\, but he had a big heart.  He was really angry that he saw wh
 at was happening with regard to the Civil War\, [and] he said "There's no 
 reason for this.' "  The President summarized his thoughts with a question
 : "The Civil War\, if you think about it . . . why?  People don't ask the 
 question\, but why was there the Civil War?  Why could that one not have b
 een worked out?"\nThe President's apparent lack of understanding of the wa
 r's causes drew instant criticism in the press\, but the basic question ha
 s been asked many times --- could the Civil War really have been avoided? 
  Mark Tooley will examine how close we came to doing just that\, when he d
 iscusses his new book on Wednesday night\, May 24 at The Lyceum.  The Peac
 e That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Confer
 ence and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War is Mr. Tooley's third bo
 ok\, and examines in detail this little-known last attempt to avoid the bl
 oodshed that took the lives of nearly three quarters of a million American
 s\, and left other deep scars across American society.\n\nMark Tooley is p
 resident of the Institute on Religion & Democracy in Washington\, D.C.\, a
  think-tank organization that studies issues of religion and politics\, an
 d is where he has worked for 22 years.  He's also editor of Providence: A 
 Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy.  A graduate of Georgeto
 wn University\, he previously worked for the Central Intelligence Agency\,
  and is both a lifelong Northern Virginian and Civil War buff.  His articl
 es on history\, religion and politics have appeared in The Wall Street Jou
 rnal\, Detroit News\, Newsweek\, Weekly Standard\, Washington Examiner and
  other publications.\n\nMr. Tooley's talk on The Peace That Almost Was wil
 l take place on Wednesday May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at The Lyceum.  Doors open a
 t 7:00 p.m.\, and Mr. Tooley will sign a limited number of copies of the b
 ook following his remarks.  The program is free for Alexandria Historical 
 Society members\, and there is a nominal charge of $5 per person for non-m
 embers.  A membership table on-site will give people a chance to join the 
 Society that night.  Parking is extremely limited at The Lyceum\, but ther
 e are garages and street parking nearb\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Phone:
  703.746.4706\nFees: $5 for non-Members\, free for Alexandria Historical S
 ociety members\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lyceum\, Museums\, Old 
 & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps
 .alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=16048\n\nWeb resources:\n\nht
 tps://alexandriahistoricalsociety.wildapricot.org/\n
DTEND:20170525T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20170503T194902Z
DTSTART:20170524T230000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Lecture-Could The Civil War Have Been Avoided?
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