Oxford Memorial Library to participate in Museum Week

OXFORD – As the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War continues, the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Resource Center is taking part in New York State Museum Week.

The resources center is located above the Oxford Memorial Library, which will host an opening at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with an exhibit on covered bridges during the Civil War.

The exhibit, which includes an extensive display of information gathered by covered bridge enthusiasts Bob and Trish Kane and Oxford Historian Vicky House, will remain open throughout Museum Week, May 31-June 6.

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“Covered bridges were a big deal during the Civil War,” said House. “They were used frequently as encampments, prisons, battlegrounds and even for executions ... oftentimes they were built, destroyed and rebuilt in a matter of days.”

The exhibit will include photographs from Civil War photographer Matthew Brady, sketches released by the Library of Congress and articles from Harpers Weekly.

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