THE CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
OF
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, INC
Presents
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE BEGINS 2009-2010 SEASON
The Civil War Round Table of Wilmington, Delaware, Inc. needs your support and your participation in its program in 2009-2010.
The fourth oldest Civil War Round Table in the United States is a magnet for teachers, scholars, writers re-enactors and anyone
with an interest in the history of The Late Unpleasantness:
‚ Monthly Programs: The Round Table meets the first Wednesday each month from
September through May at The Bourbon Street Grill (formerly Crerands Ale House), 2605 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, Delaware.
Dinner starts at 6:30 P.M. ($13.00) followed by the program ($3.00) at 7:30 P.M. The Round Table puts on a first-class historical
presentation by an author, scholar or performer each month.
‚ Field Trip: The Round Table plans a spring field trip to a Civil War battlefield
or historical site each year, complete with tour bus and top quality guides.
‚ Publications: The Round Table got a $5,000 publication grant from Fair Play
Foundation to produce Untying the Political Knot: Delaware During the War Between the States, a major historical anthology
about Delaware’s role in the Civil War.
‚ Delaware State History Day: Each year the Round Table provides judges and gives
a savings bond prize to the best Civil War historical project submitted by high school students on Delaware State History
Day
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Fields of Civil War Historical Interest:
Military history
Social & Political History
Biography& famous persons Music
Weapons and accouterments Photography
Re-enacting Other
Membership Type:
Student $5.00 per year Individual
$15.00 per year
Family $20.00 per year Life
Membership $250.00
For information call or e-mail:
Frank Giamboy, President: TEL: 302-798-6879
E-mail: frankboy@comcast.net
Tom Reed, Editor: TEL:302-477-2070
E-mail: tjreed@mail.widener.edu
Mail to:
Civil War Round Table of Wilmington, Delaware, Inc.
71 W. Fifth Street
New Castle, DE 19720
MEETINGS AT THE BOURBON STREET GRILL
NO PRIOR
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Place:
Bourbon Street Grill (formerly Crerands Ale House)
2605 Philadelphia Pike
Claymont, DE 19703
TEL: 302-798-2521
Time: Dinner at 6:30 P.M. Program at 7:30 P.M.
Business meeting follows program
Price: Dinner $13.00; meeting $3.00 (not included in dinner price)
Wednesday September 2, 2009
Speaker:
Dr. Andy Waskie, Temple University
Topic: Biography: General Meade & Gettysburg
Entrees: TBA
Wednesday October 7, 2009
Speaker:
Michael Morgan
Topic: Delaware History: Sussex County During the Civil War
Wednesday November 4, 2009
Speaker:
Alan Walden, First Person Re-Enactor
Topic: Biography: Maj. Gen. Isaac Trimble
Entrees: TBA
Wednesday December 2, 2009
Speaker:
Mark Leepson
Topic. Military History: "The Battle of the Monocacy Desperate Engagement: How a Little Known Civil War
Battle Saved Washington, D.C. and Changed American History"
Entrees:TBA
Wednesday January 6, 2010
Speaker:
Stuart Dempsey, Licensed Gettysburg Guide.
Topic: TAn Evening With Stuart Dempsey on the Battle of GettysburgEntrees: TBA
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Speaker:
Dr. Craig Warren, Behren College, Penn State Erie
Topic: Civil War Fiction: Scars to Prove It: The Civil War Soldier and American Fiction
Entrees: TBA
Wednesday March 3, 2010
Speaker:
William Vosseler, First Person Re-Enactor
Topic: Biography: Major General George H. Thomas
Entrees: TBA
Wednesday April 7, 2010
Speaker
: Dr. Sidney Copel
Topic: History: The Lat Days of Civil War Notables
Entrees: TBA
Wednesday May 5, 2010
Speaker:
John Reardon
Topic: Cavalry: Who Ever Saw a Dead Cavalryman?
Entrees: TBA
