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November 2010 Program
John Quarstein
Fort Monroe:
The Key to the South

Anual RCWRT Dinner Meeting
Same location as the last 2 years.
6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 11, 2010, at the
University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center



Fort Monroe is the largest moat-encircled stone fortification  in  North
America and is the only pre-war Federal fort in Virginia to remain under
Union control throughout the war.  Consequently, it became the base  for
every  major  amphibious  operation as well as witnessed numerous firsts
during the war.  The Contraband of  War  decision,  first  land  battle,
first  balloon  flights,  and first battle of the ironclads all occurred
because Fort Monroe was a Union bastion within the Confederacy.         

On Thursday, November 11, the RCWRT's 2009 annual dinner  will  be  held
once again at the University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center.  We are
pleased to have as our speaker the historian  John Quarstein speaking on
Fort Monroe and its future.                                             

The evening begins with a reception at 6:00 pm.  Dinner is at 7:00  with
our  speaker  to follow.  The cost is the same as last year, members and
spouses (dates), $40 per person.  The cost for guests (non RCWRT members
&  spouses)  will be $45 per person.  Beer, wine or liquor are on a cash
basis at $5 each.  There is no charge for soft drinks.                  

Due  to  the  reputation of our speaker, we expect to have a significant
number  of  guests;  therefore  members  are  encouraged  to  get  their
reservations in early.                                                  

This year we will have a buffet.   Please  print,  copy,  or  clip  your
reservation form below or     click here and print this form and send it 
along with a check (made out to "RCWRT") to David Whitehead.            



RCWRT's 2010 Annual Dinner       Thursday, Nov. 11

Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center   6:00 - 9:30 pm

#_____ Members & date @ $40/ea, #____Guests @ $45/ea = $________Total

Name ________________________________________________________________

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David Whitehead, Jr.                     Questions, call David:
4305 Cary Street                         h) 562-2666           
Richmond, VA  23221                                            



Civil War Preservation Trust
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For Upcoming Events


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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