Monthly Announcements
This is a category for posts about the next monthly announcements.
June 2011 Program
On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at the extra-special time of 7:00 pm, the SDCWRT will hold its 298th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, at 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120. This month, history will repeat itself with the appearance of Senator Stephen Douglas (D-Il.) and corporate attorney Abraham Lincoln (Mick Halbert and Gordon Gidlund as reasonable facsimiles) to debate the contentious issues of Popular Sovereignty and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Mick and Gordon will provide a brief description of the political run-up to the historic (but misunderstood) 1858 debates, as well as their particular mechanics. They will then re-enact selected segments of the Freeport, Charleston, and Galesburg debates, and conclude with the inevitable question time.
Also for this night only we will be returning to the open air Amphitheater overlooking Mission Valley behind the Church. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and be over as the sun goes down. The theater is easy to get to with parking, for this night only, close at hand. Also for those who find steps a challenge there is a Wheelchair access ramp. If by chance the sun goes down before we are done all paths are well lit. Also you might want to bring a light wrap for when the sun starts to descend slowly into the valley.
For tonight only you may park close to the Amphitheater. As you face the meeting hall drive to your left, then right around the buildings and follow the road to the parking lot by the Amphitheater.
May Program
On Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM the SDCWRT will hold its 297th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, at 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
This month, SDCWRT member Gene Armistead will present “Generally Despicable: Men Who Wore the Star During the Civil War”. Some Civil War Generals, like Forrest and Sherman, are thought despicable—even despised—by partisans of the other side. Some, like Ben Butler, are thought to be despicable by nearly everyone even though charges against him were actually false. Some, like Dan Sickles, really were despicable people but somehow managed to pretty much behave during the war. Gene will review the actions of a dozen generals, mostly little known, who wore the star and excelled in personal despicability during the Civil War.
April Program
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 7:30 PM the SDCWRT will hold its 296th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, at 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
This month’s speaker will be one of our own members. Josh Weiselberg’s program will be “The Western Theater: Mill Springs and Shiloh.” Josh will introduce the Union and Confederate commanders that played a role in the Western conflict. He will discuss Shiloh and its significance in the strategy in the west, and its effect on later engagements out there, including Mill Springs as a focal point.
Josh will supply an overview of the future of the Western Theater of the War and how Crittenden, McCullough, Van Dorn, Grant, Curtis, as well as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis responded after these events. Sounds as if it is going to be a very interesting program so come one and all.
March Program
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM the SDCWRT will hold its 295th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, at 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
When South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860 the threat of secession left the realm of rhetoric and entered an alternate reality. In Part II of, “Men Really Do Go Mad : Slavery, Secession, Seward, and Sumter”, SDCWRT member Pedro Garcia takes us to the centre of gravity of the secession movement, Charleston SC, as well as to the prize in Charleston Harbor…before returning north to look at the reaction of the Lincoln administration. Reading suggestions are: Days of Defiance by Maury Klein, Apostles of Disunion by Charles Dew, First Blood—the Story by W.A. Swanburg, and The Unpopular Mr. Lincoln by Larry Tagg.
February Program
On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:30 PM the SDCWRT will hold its 294th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, at 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
The Battle of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga
This month our speaker will be one of our own members, who has given us several outstanding programs over the years—Barbara Hemmingsen. Tonight Barbara’s program is “Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge”. After its defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-21, 1863, the Union Army retreated to Chattanooga where it was promptly encircled by the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
The siege was broken by the Federals under the leadership of General Grant, and was made possible, in large measure, by the men of the Army of the Cumberland who spontaneously, stormed up Missionary Ridge and drove the Confederates south. The lecture will be illustrated by quotes from the letters of Captain Joseph Bruff, 125th O.V.I., who endured the siege and then led the men of Company A up the ridge to break it.
January Program
On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm the SDCWRT will hold its 293rd meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120. This month will also see the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the SDCWRT.
Civil War Pistol
This month, long time SDCWRT member Phil Binks will be presenting “Civil War Weapons, Part 2”. In March of last year, Mr. Binks presented “Long Arms of the Civil War” and this year, he is returning to present about pistols and other small arms of the Civil War as well as their history and development.
NOTICE: IMPORTANT CHANGE IN DECEMBER SCHEDULE
Because of a scheduling discrepancy with Palisades Presbyterian Church this year’s Christmas Social is being moved from Wednesday December 15, 2010 to Thursday December 16, 2010.
The time has not changed and the location is still the same.
This will be the 292nd Meeting of the San Dido Civil War Round Table at Palisades Presbyterian Church, 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
We apologize for any inconvenience, but we were just as surprised as anyone else. We are still looking forward to seeing one and all for what we believe will be fun night with good food and good friends. Don’t forget to bring any guest you wish, but please make sure they know of the change. Also remember a White Elephant Gift for our Gift Exchange.
Once again we apologize for the change and if you are unable to attend your Round Table Officers wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays.
NOVEMBER PROGRAM
Alexis de Toqueville wrote, ” There are two things a democratic people will always find very difficult, to begin a war
and to end it.” The forces at work in the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the firing of Fort Sumter is the topic of Pedro Garcia’s program tonight.
Pedro is a longtime SDCWRT member and two time winner of POT, Pedro will seek to show what America was in 1860, and what it was becoming.
SEPTEMBER PROGRAM
On Wednesday September 15th at 7:30 pm the SDCWRT will hold its 289th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120.
This month’s speaker will be one of our own, Mark Shapiro. Mark has spoken to us in the past and each and every time it has been one our best programs, and this time will be no different. Be prepared for an educational treat.
On August 21, 1848, a Virginia slave named Nat Turner launched an insurrection that would shake the antebellum South to its core. Over the course of the rebellion, 56 white people, including men, women, and children were murdered. Turner was subsequently captured and was, along with 55 accused accomplices, put to death. In a paroxysm of fear and reprisal, more than 200 black people uninvolved in the rebellion were beaten, tortured and killed. These events and the far-reaching consequences will be explored in “Antebellum Fear: Nat Turner’s Rebellion”
April Meeting
On Wednesday April 21, 2010 at 7:30 PM the SDCWRT will hold its 284th meeting at Palisades Presbyterian Church, 6301 Birchwood St., San Diego, CA 92120
Our meeting this month “Charles Stewart: First Admiral and Forgotten Hero “will be presented by Gene Armistead. Stewart, at the time of the Civil War, known by the sobriquets “the American Nelson” and “Old Ironsides” was our navy’s first admiral rather then, as commonly believed, David Glasgow Farragut. In explaining how this is the actual case, Gene will review the evolution of naval rank as well as an illustrious career that merited Stewart’s
Charles Stewart
becoming the first admiral almost four years prior to Farragut achieving that grade. In some ways, Stewart was the Navy’s equivalent to General Winfield Scott – only more so. And, of course, this forgotten man’s contributions toward Union victory in the Civil War will be highlighted. Gene always presents an informative program, so don’t miss this evening with Gene.