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... »
January 2011 Meeting
By Travis Fuqua On February 16, 2011, the San Diego Civil War Round Table welcomed Barbara Bruff Hemmingsen’s “The Western Theatre of the Civil War: the Battle for Chattanooga, September-November 1863”. Her great-great-grandfather was a Federal soldier in the battle and it was from his account from which she drew some of the information,... »
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. 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... »
January 2011 Meeting
January 2011 Meeting By Travis Fuqua with Photographs by Travis Fuqua On January 19, 2011, the San Diego Civil War Round Table celebrated its 25th anniversary with Phil Binks’ “Civil War Arms, Part 2”. Mr. Binks began collecting Civil War-era arms around 55 years ago and has amassed an impressive collection. Of the dozen or... »
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. This month, long time SDCWRT member Phil Binks will be presenting “Civil War... »
December 2010 Meeting
By Travis Fuqua with Photographs by Travis Fuqua On December 16, 2010, the San Diego Civil War Round Table had its annual social event. Members as well as their family and friends attended the joyous event. There was a full dinner with a main course of turkey with dressing and mashed potatoes. There were several... »