Page II Presents An Evening of Black History Special Presentation “The Life and Times of William Webb: An African –American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut.”

Page II Presents
An Evening of Black History
Special Presentation
“The Life and Times of William Webb:
An African –American Civil War Soldier from Connecticut.”

Saturday February 9, 2013
4:30 p.m.
The Hopkins Street Community Center (The Q”) 34 Hopkins Streets

Page II will present Kevin Johnson as William Webb, an African –American Civil War Solider from Connecticut at The Hopkins Street Community Center ( The “Q” ) 34 Hopkins Street Waterbury, CT 4:30 p.m. Private Webb was an actual soldier, a native of Hartford. He was recruited in 1863 and served in the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in several battles in Virginia. Johnson’s presentation of Webb is told from an emotional and exciting first-person perspective that will vividly illustrate the struggle of the African-Americans in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War. He tells of his early life in Hartford, his recruitment and training and the traumatic final battles of the Civil War. The presentation is based on extensive research in the collections of the Connecticut State Library and the Museum of Connecticut History at 231 Capitol Ave Hartford Ct.

Also Featuring :
The Photographic Collection of Mr. Tyrone Williams Of Waterbury
The Unity Dance Assemble Of Waterbury
The Zion Baptist Praise Dancers
The Zion Baptist Youth Mass Choir
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