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Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
MEETING CANCELLED
However, Ken Godnavec arranged to sit with our scheduled speaker, Kenny Krsolovic, and stream their conversation about League Park. The video of their conversation can be found on YouTube or by clicking on the image below.
the MAY MEETING HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED
Subject:
Presenter:
- Canteen at 6:00 PM — Dinner at 6:45 PM
- Pine Ridge Country Club, 30601 Ridge Road (Ohio 84), Wickliffe, OH (1/2 mile west of Ohio 91)
- Cost $25.00 for an excellent family-style dinner and speaker. Cash bar.
- Reservations are required. Email Franco Sperrazzo at francomichael2414@yahoo.com.
Last Meeting
Subject: Elizabeth Keckley
Presenter: Sherrie Tolliver
Sherrie Tolliver’s first person presentation of the life of Elizabeth Keckley was both a historical and a theatrical presentation. The emotion she brought to the narration raised the performance well above a simple first person narration. Elizabeth Keckley’s life deserved and called for that emotion. A slave who suffered physical and sexual abuse, her perseverance and friendships allowed her to purchase her freedom and establish a dress making business in Washington, DC, where she created dresses for the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln, among others. She became a friend and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln and, later, published a book about her time at the White House.
Sherrie Tolliver did an excellent job of bringing Elizabeth Keckley to life, with sorrow and humor. I hope she will bring another of her performances to our meeting in the future.
Schedule of Speakers
- January 14
- Boston Corbett
- Presenter: Paul Seidel, Secretary
- February 11
- Chancellorsville
- Dave Lintern, past-president
- March 10
- Elizabeth Keckley
- Cheri Tolliver
- April 14
- League Park
- Kenny Krsolovic
- May 12
- Civil War Alternative History
- William Vodray
- September 8
- Michael Kraus
- October 13
- George Deutsch
- November 10
- Ted Karle, past-president
- December 8
- TBD
2020 Spring Outing – to be rescheduled
Lunchtime Series: Leaders and Legacies of the Civil War
The Mentor Public Library is closed until further notice,
These talks normally take place on the second Wednesday of the month, at noon in the James A. Garfield Community Room of the main branch of the Mentor Public Library. Talks are scheduled to last about an hour. Attendees are invited to bring their bag lunches.
2019 Civil War Symposium
Last year’s event was a one-act play entitled Lincoln’s Last Debate: A Confrontation at Hampton Roads. The story line, written by members of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table, envisions a fictional meeting between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis at a peace conference that actually happend, but which Jefferson Davis did not attend.
The cast included Mel Mauer and John Fazio of the Cleveland Civil War Round Table and our own Norty London.
James A. Garfield National Historic Site Civil War Music Festival
The first Civil War Music Festival presented by the James A. Garfield National Historic Site was held on Saturday, July 6 from 11 AM to 4 PM on the lawn behind Garfield’s home. Several bands and performers presented era-appropriate music and discussed the role of music in the Civil War armies.
Themocracy
I came across your Civil War Round Table and thought you might be interested in a true story about an 82nd Ohio soldier told in the first person in dramatic form. The ebook is written with a discussion guide for Civil War Round Tables and you may want to check it out.
Hiram’s Honor: Reliving
Private Terman’s Civil War, ISBN 978-0615-27812-4.
Hiram’s Honor can be examined at http://www.amazon.com/Hirams-Honor-Reliving-Private-Termans/dp/0615278124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239221935&sr=8-1
Ebook
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50674
The unique thing about this book is that I assume the identity of my ancestor in all of his battles and prison misery. It was quite a challenge to match every detail that actually happened (dairies, letters, first-hand accounts) with a first person dramatized and riveting story of how I would have reacted in his situation. Best wishes in your work.
Greetings from Delafield, Wisconsin, Birthplace of Lt. Alonzo Cushing. Just a quick update on the Medal of Honor. Although it was widely reported that the Secretary of the Army had approved the nomination, the process is still ongoing. The Secretary of Defense has not yet made his recommendation. Additionally, the President would still have to sign off. I would be happy to keep you updated if the situation changes.
Best Regards
Dave Krueger
Delafield, WI
I’m very interested in your group. May non-members attend meetings?
Many thanks,
George Richards
George — yes, non-members may attend. Because we take the summer off, our next meeting is not until Sepetember 11. Closer to the meeting date, make a reservation (see above) and look me, Tom Horvath, up at the meeting. I’ll be glad to introduce you to some of our members. Meanwhile, you may be interested in the symposium being held at Lawnfield on July 13, also described above.
Hello NEOCWRT. My name is Jonathan Hennessey. I am author of a new Civil War nonfiction graphic novel from HarperCollins. I would like to let members of your group know I will be doing a reading from my book at 6 pm Thursday, August 8 at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Medina Road in Akron.
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS: A GRAPHIC ADAPTATION (www.graphicgettysburg.com) is a bold and innovative use of the comics medium. It uses the words from Lincoln’s iconic speech to tell the “whole story of the Civil War, 1776 – The Present.” I will be presenting a chapter of the book mostly examining the Confederacy’s legal case for secession, Lincoln’s counterargument, and how both the language of both the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence informed those two different positions. I will be projecting still and animated segments of the book on a movie screen.
Kirkus Reviews called the book, “Engaging, provocative and deftly nuanced. … This second collaboration by Hennessey and McConnell again finds them probing the implications of history through incisive analysis and compelling art.”
Library Journal hailed it as, “An excellent work. … Not a simplification but a detailed and nuanced analysis of Lincoln’s famous speech.”
Thank you for your consideration!
All best,
Jonathan Hennessey
Thanks for the invitation to speak at the CWRT again. My topic this year will be Confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith: From Virginia’s Statehouse to Gettysburg Scapegoat.