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July 2013 - rcwrt.org

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Brent Morgan, President                Gary Cowardin, Editor    
9091 Pantego Lane                      1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Mechanicsville, VA 23116               Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
brentster1@comcast.net                 cowardin@juno.com        
Jay Jorgensen
"Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield"

7:30pm, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 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 right and up a few stairs into the DINING HALL <<<<



Jay Jorgensen is the author of Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield, which won
the  prestigious  Bachelder-Coddington  Award  for  the best new book on
Gettysburg in 2002.  He has also written several other books,  including
The  Wheatfield  at Gettysburg: A Walking Tour; Edward Porter Alexander:
Confederate Cannoneer; and Gettysburg's Leadership Lessons  for  Lawyers
(and Non-Lawyers too!).                                                 

He is currently a Superior Court Judge in New Jersey.                   


Meeting Attendance for: June 2013 = 73

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

Message from Our President
Bruce Venteer has scheduled another great topic this month.  It seems we
can never get enough about Gettysburg.  There's a lot about it in recent
Richmond Times-Dispatch editions.                                       
 
Here's the NPS site link for more information:                          

www.nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/150th-anniversary-index.htm

We will see you Tuesday night.
                                          Brent

Annual Bus Trip a success!


On Saturday, June 8th, a group of Round Table members enjoyed the annual
bus  trip.   This  year's  excursion  concentrated  on  several sites in
northern Virginia where history was made in the months  following  Lee's
1863 campaign in Pennsylvania.  With the aid of historical staff members
from  Prince  William  County's  Historic  Preservation  Division,   the
travelers  visited  Bristoe  Station  Battlefield, Auburn, Buckland, and
Rappahannock Station; all of them the scene of combat  in  the  fall  of
1863.   One  of  the  group  said that: "This year's bus trip gave us an
excellent opportunity to see  some  fascinating  areas  that  have  been
preserved and to learn a great deal about a period of the Civil War that
has been overlooked for too long.  We had a great time!"                
 
And...
 
We continue to have great books and magazines for our "Books for  Bucks"
table  at  the back of the room.  Remember to stop by, browse, or donate
something you no longer need.  It all helps your Round Table!           
								Bert

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 2013


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