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May 2012 - rcwrt.org

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Jack Mountcastle                       Gary Cowardin, Editor    
3821 Middletown Way                    1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Glen Allen, VA 232060                  Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
mtcastle@comcast.net                   cowardin@juno.com        
Michael Aubrecht
"The Civil War in Spotsylvania"

>>> 7:30pm (NEW TIME) <<<, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the 
First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA., 4602 Cary Street Road, 23226
A parking lot is available behind the church with an entrance off the
parking lot to the left and down a few stairs.

 

Michael Aubrecht has been hiking Civil War battlefields ever  since  his
parents surprised him with a weekend trip to Gettysburg at the age of 6.
For  the  last  18+  years,   he  has  lived  in  Spotsylvania.   Among
Michael's   books   are   two  regional  titles:  Historic  Churches  of
Fredericksburg, Houses of the Holy and The Civil  War  in  Spotsylvania,
Confederate  Campfires at the Crossroads.  Michael has written dozens of
historical articles for the area's newspaper  The  Free  Lance-Star  and
most  recently,  he  co-wrote,  appeared in, and produced the critically
acclaimed documentary The Angel  of  Mary's  Heights.   Michael  is  the
vice-chairman  of  the locally-based National Civil War Life Foundation,
He has provided the voiceovers for local Hometown History Quick-takes on
AM  1230  radio,  lectured  at nearby University of Mary Washington, and
given private tours on and off for the last 5 years.                    

Meeting Attendance for: April 2012 = 107

NOTE: Please put on your NAME BADGE on when you arrive for the meeting.
(They will be on a table near the back or side of the room.)

Reminder, if you signed up and paid your $45:
Muster this Saturday, May 5, 0800 for the RCWRT's 2012 Field Trip
"Mosby's Confederacy": Fights & Sites of the 43rd Battalion, Partisan Rangers
(Lowe's parking lot in the North Park Shopping Center at Parham and Brook Roads.)

Civil War Trust
For the latest CWT news visit: www.civilwar.org

Upcoming Events


May at the Hanover Tavern
May 15: The roundtable's own Dennis Madison to speak at  Hanover  Tavern
at  7:00  p.m.   on "The Naval Battle of Drewry's Bluff," on the precise
150th anniversary of the action.

May  19:  Hanover  Heritage  Day.   Hanover  Tavern  to  host  artillery
demonstrations, from 10:00 to 3:00.
 
Both events have small "suggested donations"
See www.hanovertavern.org for details.


www.virginiacivilwar.org
Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission

Visit The Museum of the Confederacy Online www.moc.org
and their
Events Calendar for MOC Events Calendar

Richmond Battlefields Association News & Events
www.saverichmondbattlefields.org/events.htm


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

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

RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2012


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