Portman Cal U Civil War series speaker
By Matt Petras
For the Mon Valley Independent
Evan Portman has a passion for American history, especially Civil War history. The 19-year-old didn’t imagine he’d already be giving lectures about the topic at this point in his life.
“I never really thought it would come this early in my life, if it would come at all,” Portman said. “It is definitely a responsibility. I guess I haven’t thought about it as much that way because it is enjoyable.”
Portman will speak about The 11th Corps at Gettysburg during the monthly Civil War Roundtable series at California University of Pennsylvania’s Kara Alumni Building 7 p.m. Thursday.
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