The York Civil War Round Table is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote, interpret, preserve, and protect the Civil War heritage of York County, Pennsylvania, through the education and exchange of information with its members and the general public. Membership is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about the American Civil War.
Founded as the White Rose Civil War Round Table, the York CWRT holds monthly meetings the third Wednesday of every month except December at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the York County Heritage Trust's Historical Society Museum at 250 E. Market Street (the historic Lincoln Highway) in York, Pennsylvania. Each meeting features a guest speaker talking about a Civil War topic of local or national interest. There is no admission or membership requirements to attend any of these meetings.
Other scheduled events include an annual clean-up day at Gettysburg National Military Park as part of the "Adopt-a-Position" program. Members and guests tidy up the area around the 102nd Pennsylvania / 62nd New York on the John Weikert / Althoff Farm Lane. A free battlewalk with local experts is usually included to round out the day. Other regularly scheduled battlewalks by Dr. Charlie Fennell occur in the autumn.
For more information, contact the York Civil War Round Table.
The Historical Society Museum in York, PA, where the York CWRT meets monthly.
York Civil War Round Table - 2010 Schedule of Events
January 20, 2010 - Bruce Liddic - "George Armstrong Custer: From Ohio to Pennsylvania, Boyhood to Generalship"
February 17, 2010 - Cal Doucette - "A Conversation With Horace Greeley "
March 17, 2010 - Dick Simpson - "Missouri 1861 and the Battle of Wilson's Creek"
April 21, 2010 - Scott L. Mingus, Sr. - "The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign"
May 19, 2010 - May 19, 2010 - Matt Atkinson - "Assault on Vicksburg"
June 16, 2010 - Jim McClure - Topic TBA
July 21, 2010 - John Ream - "Civil War Hospital Stewart John Weakley of the 87th PA"
August 18, 2010 - Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr. - "Fighting or Flying Dutchmen: The 11th Corps from Barlow's Knoll to Cemetery Hill"
September 15, 2010 - Tyrone Cornbower - "Sheepskin Fiddlers and Straw Blowers: Field Music in the Civil War"
September 18, 2010 - Battlefield Walk at GNMP with Dr. Charles C. Fennell, Jr.
October 20, 2010 - TBA
November 17, 2010 - TBA
No meeting in December!
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