'A soldier's life' reenactment is final Hamilton event

The Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St., will host a final reenactment event on the site of the traveling Alexander Hamilton Exhibit located in the library's Adult Services Dept. On Friday, August 1 from 1-4:30 p.m., the library will feature A Soldier's Life, a presentation featuring historical reenactment and artifact displays. Entertainment will be provided through a special performance by Colonel Webb's 3rd Connecticut Band of Musick, a 5-8 piece Revolutionary War wind band in full uniform.

At the event, the library will hold a door prize drawing for several Alexander Hamilton exhibit kits, which include the written biography, "Alexander Hamilton, American" by Richard Brookhiser, and the documentary DVD, "Alexander Hamilton, The Man Who Made Modern America." A limited number of these educational kits are available to local educators while quantities last. Contact Anne Callaghan at 262.636.9193 or by email if interested.

"Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America," is a traveling exhibit that tells the story of Hamilton's astonishing rise in five short years from an orphaned, 15-year-old West Indies immigrant to George Washington's war time aide, and later, Washington's Secretary of the Treasury.

The exhibit commemorates the 200th anniversary of Hamilton's death and will be at the Racine Public Library until Aug. 8.