College program looks at Civil War's unsung heroes

During a presentation tonight in Kalispell, Craig Thomas Naylor will highlight the lives of regular people who did extraordinary things during the Civil War era.

Naylor’s program, “Unknown Heroes of the Civil War,” is free and open to the public. It will be at 6 p.m. in the large community meeting room inside the Arts and Technology Building on the Flathead Valley Community College campus. 

In commemoration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War, Naylor will share the stories of Elizabeth Van Lew, a southern belle and Union spy; Colonel Ely S. Parker, a Seneca chief and one of Ulysses S. Grant’s top aides; and John Washington, a slave who escaped, served in the U.S. Army and became one of the emergent middle class African-Americans after the war. 

In addition, the audience will hear a musical composition highlighting the life and times of each person.

Naylor is a theater and music instructor at FVCC.

For more information, contact the FVCC Multicultural Affairs Office at 756-3945 or mstembor@fvcc.edu.