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July 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        
Dr. Timothy S. Sedore
"Virginia's Confederate Monuments"

>>> First Presbyterian Church will have a youth group spending the night at
>>> the church therefore once again we will be meeting one floor up.
>>> Members should use the Porte Cochere (main) entrance from the parking lot.
7:30pm, Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at the 
First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA., 4602 Cary Street Road, 23226
A parking lot is available behind the church with a nearby building entrance.


With hundreds of memorials in  stone  commemorating  the  Civil  War  in
Virginia at courthouses, cemeteries, town squares, and battlefields,  An
Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate  Monuments,  by  Timothy  S.
Sedore  presents  the  first  comprehensive  handbook  of this legacy of
America's greatest national trauma in  the  Old  Dominion.   Timothy  S.
Sedore  is  a  professor  of English at The City University of New York,
Bronx Community College.                                                

Much more than a visual tapestry or a tourist's  handbook,  however,  An
Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments draws on scholarly
and field research to reveal  these  sites  not  only  as  monuments  to
history  but  also as public efforts to reconcile mourning with Southern
postwar ideologies.  Unveiled here are dynamic  memorials  that  are  at
once  intimate and aloof, written on stone, bronze, or marble but forged
from the language of suffering.  Sedore analyzes in depth the nature  of
these  attempts  to publicly explain Virginia's sense of grief after the
war, delving deep into the psychology of a  traumatized  area.   Insight
into  these evocative elegies for lost sons, fathers, spouses, and other
loved ones provides yet another dimension to this captivating volume.   

More bio info about Dr. Sedore can be found here:
bcc-cuny.digication.com/Sedore/Welcome/published


Meeting Attendance for: June 2012 = 80

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.)

Meeting location in July
Because First Presbyterian Church will be have a  youth  group  spending
the  night at the church during our next Round Table meeting on 10 July,
we will  again  meet  in  the  Fellowship  Hall,  one  floor  above  the
Recreation  Room, our usual meeting place.  Please use the Porte Cochere
entrance from the church parking lot, go up one short flight of  stairs,
then turn left down the hall.                                           

Books for Buck$$
Again this year, the RCWRT will help to defray the cost of attendance at
our  annual dinner meeting in November.  One way in which we are able to
do this is by offering our members a chance to purchase excellent  Civil
War  history  books  donated by our members.  All of the funds collected
will be applied to the costs of  the  reception  prior  to  the  dinner.
Please  check  your  bookshelves  to  see if you have any books that you
would like to donate to this good cause.  Look for the book  display  at
our monthly meetings, beginning with the 10 July meeting.  Prices on the
books are:                                                              
	Hardbacks -- $10, Paperbacks -- $5, Magazines -- $1

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

Upcoming Events Links


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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