COME AND VISIT US IN MASSACHUSETTS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE and EVENTS for 2011 -20-12 with
The Civil War Round Table of Greater Boston d/b/a The Civil War Round Tables of Massachusetts
All regularly scheduled Programs (except where noted) will begin at 7:15 p.m. (Please NOTE NEW START Time) on the fourth Friday of each month from September through June, and be held generally at The Waltham Community Room (downstairs) at The Waltham Clarke Government Center Building at 119 School St. corner of Lexington St. with parking and entrance in the rear in Waltham at 7:00 p.m. The CWRT of Greater Boston also meets at various times at other locations, such as The GAR Hall in Lynn at 58 Andrews St. for their combined Novenmber-December meetings, so please check the schedule and your newsletter carefully.
All meetings are subject to change, so please read your THE RECALL carefully, or call Dave Smith at the above telephone, or in inclement weather, listen to WBZ or WHDH or WEEI. In any doubts, please do not travel on bad road conditions. Or EMAIL DAVE at: cwrtmass@comcast.net
Greater Boston does not usually have a November or December 4th Friday meeting due to Thanksgiving and XMAS, but traditionally holds a joint XMAS Party meeting at The Lynn G.A.R. Hall at 58 Andrews St. Lynn, Ma. 01902, which since 1992 has been a joint cooperative meeting with the CWRT of The Northshore/Lynn.........................The CWRT of Greater Boston REALLY does give new meaning to the phrase "Greater Boston" as we have PAID members in Washington (1), Tennessee (2), Virginia (2), North Carolina (1), Maryland (2), Florida (1), California (2), and all six (6) New England States.
NOTE CHANGES to EMail Addressess, Websites, and Programming effective September 1, 2011
For Information.....Email: cwrtmass@comcast.net.....September 24, 2010...BOB FOSTER on "Lincoln's #1 Goal In Life-"THE BRIDGE"......October 22, 2010...NATALIE WAMPLER from Mt. Auburn Cemetery on "Preservation of the Cemetery"...December 10, 2010...MICHAEL PIERSON on "What Caused The Mutiny At Fort Jackson and The Fall of New Orleans" at The Lynn GAR Hall....January 28, 2011....FRANK KILEY on "Dorothea Dix"...February 25, 2011...TOM ARMY on "The War Department & Gettysburg from 1895-1933"...March 25, 2011...DELANE ANDERSON on "Stonewall's Valley Campaign"....April 22, 2011...JOE KEEFE...on "Nathaniel Banks"....FIVE DAYS IN MAY BATTLEFIELD TOUR ...Wednesday, May 18, 2011-Thursday May 19,2011-Friday, May 20, 2011-Saturday, May 21, 2011-Sunday, May 22, 2011...to "JOHN WILKES BOOTH ESCAPE ROUTE"...May 27, 2011...GERRY DUDEK on "John Wilkes Booth As A Rebel Spy & Richmond's Involvement"...June 25, 2011...(Note This is a Saturday meeting at 2:30 p.m. PICNIC MEETING at Tower Park in lexington with bring your own Chair, Lunch, and something to talk about...
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CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE of CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS (CWRT, Inc.) NEW Meeting Place (PLEASE NOTE) is at the Holden Senior Center 1130 Main St. in Holden, Ma....Attn: Mark Savolis President, at 860-923-2770 or msavolis@holycross.edu and meets on the Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. except for November at The Worcester Historical Museum on 30 Elm St. Worcester.....www.centralmassroundtable.org
SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011-- September 21, 2010 (3rd Tuesday)....Elliot Levy on "John Bigelow -Captain of 9th Mass. Battery"... October 19, 2010 (3rd Tuesday)...Chris McCarthy on "Robert E. Lee-College President"...November 17, 2010 (3rd Wednesday)...Ed Norriss on "Union Battle Flafs"...December 15, 2010 (3rd wednesday) Annual XMAS Party Show & tell...January 26, 2011 (4th Wednesday)...Tom Army on "Gettysbuirg Military Park 1895-1933"...February 23, 2011 (4th Wednesday)....Stuart "Chip" Chambers on "The 51st Mass."...March 23, 2011....(4th Wednesday)...Dennis Charles on "Captain David Ball of The 16th Vermont:"...April 27, 2011...(4th Wednesday)...Prof. Tom Doughton on "Native Americans From Worcester County In The Civil War"...May 26, 2011...(4th Thursday)...Dan McAuliffe on "The Burnside Expedition" Held at The Worcester Historical Museum with a Civil War Exhibit Tour
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE of NORTHSHORE/LYNN 58 Andrews St. GAR Hall Lynn, Ma. Attn: Dexter Bishop, President 387 Old Boston Rd. Topsfield, Ma. 01983 Tel: (978) 887-2264 EMail: genord9@comcast.net Meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at The Lynn GAR Hall on 58 Andtrews St. Lynn or contact Bob Mathis at EMail: mlynngar@aol.com
SCHEDULE FOR 2010 -2011-......September 10, 2010....Chuck Veit on "The Navy's Sibmarine "Alligator"...October 8, 2010...Show& Tell Evening......November 12, 2010...Chip Chambers on "The 51st Mass. Volunteer Militia-How & why"....December 10, 2010....Michael Pierson on "The Fall of Fort Jackson"...January 7, 2011...Program TBA....February 11, 2011...Program TBA....March 11, 2011...Program TBA...April 8, 2011...Program TBA...May 13, 2011....Program TBA
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE of the CAPE COD ...PLEASE NOTE NEW MEETING TIME, DATE and LOCATION Attn: Ron Keech, President at P.O. Box 723 40 Seaview Ave. Chatham, Ma. 02633 and Tel: 508-945-9511 or Email: Fred Wexler at wexfm@earthlink.net or John Myers Programming at Tel: (580) -896-6421 ... Meets 3rd Mondays of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the Yarmouth Senior Citizen Center at 528 Forest Drive in Yarmouth (Ex. 8 off of Rte 6)
SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011--
September 20, 2010...JOHN MYERS on "A Review Of The Civil War Institute:Events Leading To The Election of 1860"....October 18, 2010...GROUP DISCUSSION on "Naval Warfare On Western Waters"....November 15, 2010...RON LINDEMAN on..."Events of 1860 From Election To Sumter"...December 13, 2010...PETER STEVENS..with ...NO REGULAR MEETING----HOLIDAY SOCIAL GATHERING at Cape Cod Tech H.S. (Rte 124)....January 17, 20111....JIM CAHILL on "Lincoln's Sharpshooters"....February 21, 2011...PETER STEVENS om..."Black History Month:"White Officers, Black Troops"....March 21, 2011...FRED WEXLER on..."General Hunt & The Union Artillery Reserves At Chancellorsville"...April 18, 2011...ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION on..."The Causes of The Civil War"...May 16, 2011...RON KEECH on "The South's Last Hope: General Barlow, Boy General"....June 20, 2011...BOB McNUTT on "Guerilla Warfare"
THE GREATER NEW BEDFORD CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE 791 Purchase St. New Bedford 7:00 p.m.........Bob MacFarlane is an At Large Member reporting from Arizona at revbobmac@aol.com...Joe Langlois is Acting President at j2langs@earthlink.net & Bruce Baggarly is Acting V.P. (until new elections) with Marc Olson as Treasurer at marcolson@comcast.net and Barbara Breen as Secretary
SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011-meets at 1000 South Rodney French Boullevard. Fort Taber Military Museum...TBA
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE of NORTH WORCESTER COUNTY/LEOMINSTER.. Leominster Historical Society 17 School St. Leominster, Ma. 01453 meets every second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m....For Information contact President Ed Norris at 978-365-7628 or Email: at nwccwrt@comcast.net or Website www.nwccwrt.org
SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011...
September 14, 2010...Brian Smith on "Bandstands to Battlefields....October 12, 2010....Wayne Rowe on "Confederate Artillery-1st Company Richmond Howitzers"...November 9, 2010...Cathy Stanton on ""Being The Elephant-Civil War reenacting"...December 8, 2010...Russell McClintock on "Lincoln and Fort Sumter"....January 11, 2011...Mark Savolis on "Image of The Civil War In Central Mass."...February 9, 2011...Michael D. Pierson on "Mutiny At fort Jackson"...March 8, 2011...Dave nelson on "The Union Navy"....April 12, 2011...Joy Peach on Henry Stedman Nourse"...May 10, 2011...Tom Bailey on "Secession"....June 14, 2011....Show & Tell and Annual Business Meeting
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE of THE MERRIMACK P.O. Box 421 West Newbury, Ma. 01985 meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Hilton Senior Citizens Center 61 Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1) Salisbury, Ma. Programming Contact: Liz Gardell at bonacker76@yahoo.com or their website www.cwrtm.org
SCHEDULE FOR 2010 -2011--
August 11, 2010...Dick Simpson on "2nd VERMONT - GETTYSBURG HEROES"...September 8, 2010...Patrick Falci as "GENERAL A.P. HILL"......October 13, 2010...AAlan Brunelle (CWRTNH) on on "The Peach Orchard"...Nov. 10, 2010...Michael Schreader (CWRTNH)...on "Codes & ciphers in The Civil War"....December 5, 2010...ANNUAL XMAS PARTY with LIVE Civil War Music.
OLDE COLONY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE Meetings are generally held on 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 p.m at The Endicott Estate 656 East St. Dedham, Ma. 02026 with Mini-Bit Speakers ...go to www.occwrt.org or Contact President Richard Campagna at Email: rjcampagna@comcast.net
SCHEDULE FOR -2010-2011-----Each Meeting has 5 Minute Mini-Bits after each Program and Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. at the Endicott Estate 656 East St. Dedham (Exit 14 off Route 1)...SCHEDULE TBA
EAST BRIDGEWATER CIVVIL WAR ROUND TABLE Meetings are held on the Second Tuuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at the East Bridgewater Public Library 32 Union St. (Route 18). They select the topics for each meetimng at the end of the previous meeting For information and details contact Dale Julius at dalejulius91@gmail.com or 508-378-2706....No regular Speaking presentations are scheduled with the group setting agendas on a monthly basis.
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THE 54th MASS GLORY BRIGADE FOUNDATION Co. "A"...President Emmett Bell-Sykes at sykeswisdom@verizon.net or 617-333-9970 or 54thmass@verizon.net or see website mass54thcompany-a.com....1295 River St. Suite D 2nd floor Hyde Park 02136 tel: 617-333-9970 or Fax 617-333-9954.....2011 Schedule (1st Quarter).... January 29, 2011 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE at Main Office...February 5, 2011 (Saturday) 12:00 p.m. Noon Windsor, CT. Public Library....February 13, 2011 (Sunday) 12:00 p.m. Noon Lincoln's Birthday Celebration at Forbes House Museum Milton....February 13, 2011 2:00 p.m. Douglass & The 54th Mass. in New Bedford Sponsored by The New Bedford Historical Society...February 18-19, 2011 (Saturday & Sunday) at 7:00 p.m. Olustee Weekend in Milton...March 26, 2011...6:00 p.m. 32nd Grand Review Ball....April 1-2-3, 2011 (Friday, Saturday, & Sunday)...USCT Weekend in Philadelphia, PA.....Contact HQ for details of each event...Balance of 2011 TBA....
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