Jon-Erik Gilot
Library of Congress
An illustration published in Harper’s Weekly on April 27, 1861, showing the bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states on April 13, 1861.
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April is often a month that has us looking forward. We start sprucing up our gardens and landscaping, and perhaps move some of our outdoor furniture out of storage, anticipating longer summer days and more time spent outside. We start thinking about cookouts and festivals, even if the ongoing pandemic threatens to curtail some events for another summer. Perhaps we think about picnics on the lawn at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.