Sugar Hill, NH - The Franconia Notch Regional Chamber of Commerce has received a grant from New
Humanities to present,
Rally 'Round the Flag: The American Civil War in Folk Music. The program
will be held during the annual Lupine Celebration at the
Sugar Hill Meetinghouse on Saturday, June 9th at 2:30 pm.
Woody Pringle and Marek Bennett will explore the Civil War through period music: camp songs, parlor
music, hymns, battlefield rallying cries, and fiddle tunes. Sing along as they share lyrics, documents,
and visual images from the Civil War. Pringle and Bennett examine the folksong as a means to enact
living history, influence public perceptions of events, and simultaneously fuse and conserve cultures in
times of change.
Marek Bennett teaches music and comics in New England. He authored the graphic novel The Civil War
Diary of Freeman Colby and his historical band The Hardtacks received a 2016 "Best of NH" award
from NH Magazine. Woody Pringle is both a musician and educator teaching at many NH colleges. His
music is aired on NH Public Radio's Folk Show and radio stations throughout the country.
The program is free and open to the public. There is free field parking behind the Sugar Hill
Meetinghouse and handicapped accessible parking at the Meetinghouse.
Posted 5/19/18