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7741 Rockfalls Dr.                     1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Richmond, VA 23225                     Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
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April 2010 Program
Marc Leepson
Monocacy: The Battle that Saved Washington, D.C.
8:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at the
Boulevard United Methodist Church, 321 N. Boulevard,
Richmond, VA (corner of Boulevard and Stuart Ave.) Enter
the basement door on the right side under the front steps.



Marc Leepson is a journalist, historian and author  who  specializes  in
writing about American history, the Vietnam War and Vietnam veterans.   

A  former  staff  writer  for  Congressional Quarterly, he has been arts
editor and columnist for The VVA  Veteran,  the  magazine  published  by
Vietnam Veterans of America, since March of 1986, when his "Arts of War"
column began.                                                           

He  has  written  for  many  newspapers  and  magazines,  including  the
Washington  Post,  Washington  Post  Magazine,  The Wall Street Journal,
Smithsonian, Military History, Civil War  Times  Illustrated,  New  York
Times,  New  York  Times  Book  Review,  Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune,
Arizona Republic, New York Newsday, Detroit News, Dallas  Morning  News,
Christian  Science  Monitor,  St.   Petersburg Times, and USA Today.  He
also was a long-time contributor to the Encyclopedia Americana Yearbook.

He is the author of six books, most recently, Desperate Engagement:  How
a  Little  Known  Civil  War  Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed
American  History.   His  well-received,  Flag:  An  American  Biography
(Thomas  Dunne  Books/St.   Martin's  Press,  2005),  a  history  of the
American flag from the beginnings to today, was published in 2005.   His
previous  book  was  Saving  Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to
Rescue the House that Jefferson Built(Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2001;
University of Virginia Press, paperback, 2003).                         

He  is  the  editor of Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War
and a contributor to The Dictionary of Virginia Biography.              

He has been interviewed on MSNBC, FOX News, The Today Show, The  History
Channel,  The  Discovery Channel, All Things Considered, CNN, CNBC, Talk
of the Nation, Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show (NPR), On the Media,
New York and Company (WNYC-FM), Irish Radio, Russian Channel One TV, and
CBC (Canada).  He has presented papers and chaired  panels  at  academic
conferences   at  the  University  of  Notre  Dame,  Tulane  University,
University of Massachusetts,  Texas  Tech  University,  the  College  of
William  and  Mary,  and  Salisbury  State  University.   He  has  given
presentations  to  students  at  the  colleges,  universities  and  high
schools,   including  the  University  of  Miami,  American  University,
Georgetown University, Appalachian State University, the  University  of
Maryland and Foxcroft School.                                           

An  adjunct  instructor  of history at Lord Fairfax Community College in
Warrenton, Virginia, he earned a BA in history  from  George  Washington
University  in  1967.   After  serving  in  the U.S.  Army from 1967-69,
including a year in the Vietnam War,  he  earned  a  Masters  Degree  in
history  from  George  Washington  University  in  1971.   He  lives  in
Middleburg, Virginia, with his wife and their two children.             


NOTE: Please put on a name badge when you arrive for the meeting.
(Materials will be at the raffle table. New tags coming soon.)

2010 Meeting Attendance: January 94, February 35-40(snow), March 92

Come with us on this year's Bus Tour!
Saturday, June 19, 2010, 8am to 5pm
From Campground to Battle Ground

The Richmond Civil War Round Table will have  its  annual  bus  tour  on
Saturday,  June  19.   We  will visit two historic locations in Stafford
County near Fredericksburg where Union soldiers  spent  the  winters  of
1862-63  and  were  present  again during the Overland Campaign of 1864.
After our morning visits at Chatham Plantation and the  fantastic  White
Oak   Civil   War   Museum,  we'll  stop  for  a  quick  lunch  west  of
Fredericksburg before traveling on to the Wilderness Battlefield. There,
we'll  have  a  chance  to  visit  many  of  the  new interpretive sites
established by the Fredericksburg  and  Spotsylvania  National  Military
Park.   RCWRT 2nd Vice President Jack Mountcastle will serve as the tour
guide.  Our daylong trip will leave at 8am from the Lowe's  parking  lot
in  the North Park Shopping Center at Parham and Brook Roads en route to
the Fredericksburg area.  We will be back in Richmond by 5pm.   Cost  of
the trip is $25 per person and payments are now being accepted.  Sign-up
sheets will be available at the April and May RCWRT meetings.           

You can bring your check (made out  to  the  Richmond  Civil  War  Round
Table) to the April or May meeting or mail it to:                       

John W. Mountcastle 
3821 Middletown Way 
Glen Allen, VA 23060

RCWRT Membership for 2010

As of 3/15/10 we have 146 paid members plus 5 lifetime (=151) members for 2010.
Thanks!


RCWRT Survey Response

The Board wants to thank all Club members  for  their  response  to  our
recent survey.  Your comments allowed us to understand what is important
to the  membership and suggestions  offered  for improvement.  All  your
suggestions and comments are being reviewed and we will have more to say
about this later.  Some areas being reviewed include:                   

o	Meetings location              
o	Book reviews                   
o	Meetings with the Powhatan CWRT
o	Club recruiting - young members
o	RCWRT Newsletter items         
o	Number of field trips          

While there were some good suggestions presented to  improve  the  Club,
"having  good  speakers" was overwhelmingly number one.  The least liked
issues were "long business meetings,"  "not  enough  social  time,"  and
"hard  seats." The officers and board members will continue to keep Club
activities that maintain the strengths of the club and  look  ahead  for
areas to improve.                                                       

VA Governor Bob McDonnell
Recognizes April 2010 as CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH

To read the proclamation see:

www.governor.virginia.gov/OurCommonwealth/Proclamations/2010/ConfederateHistoryMonth.cfm

Some Upcoming Events


Thursday, April 8, 2010 - Monday, April 12, 2010

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
145th Anniversary of the Surrender

For more information see:
www.nps.gov/apco/index.htm
Click on: 145th Anniversary Events
to down load the weekend schedule

Visit The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
www.tredegar.org
and their
Events Calendar

Visit The Museum of the Confederacy Online
www.moc.org

Pamplin Historical Park and
The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
www.pamplinpark.org
and their
Special Events Calendar

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2010


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