Name: Landing After Hours: Missouri during the Civil War: A Citizen's Perspective
Start: 2025-10-01T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-01T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Jefferson Landing State Historic Site

Landing After Hours: Missouri during the Civil War: A Citizen's Perspective

The Missouri State Museum's "Landing After Hours" program, is held the first Wednesday of each month at the Jefferson Landing State Historic Site,100 Jefferson Street. Join us in-person or via Facebook Live.
Doors open at 6:30 and the program starts at 7 p.m. Convenient parking is available in the lot next to the Lohman Building (100 Jefferson St.).
Join us on October 1st for "Missouri during the Civil War: A Citizen's Perspective"
The Civil War was not a distant battleground for Missourians. Citizens experience martial law, loyalty oaths, military districting, and guerrilla warfare firsthand. Joe Amsden, interpretive aide at the Missouri State Museum, takes a look into military operations and civilian tensions throughout Missouri during the war.
This program is free and open to the public, no reservations are required. For more information please call 573-751-4127.
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Image: Photo made for the Museum's exhibit Civil War Missouri: A House Divided for the 150th anniversary. Those left on the home front in Missouri had to be guarded about their loyalties especially if strangers approached. You never knew if they were friend or foe.