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December 2011 - rcwrt.org

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David Whitehead, Pres.                 Gary Cowardin, Editor    
4305 Cary Street Rd.                   1404 Lorraine Ave.       
Richmond, VA 23221                     Richmond, VA 23227-3735  
davidwhitehead1@comcast.net            cowardin@juno.com        
S. Waite Rawls III
Burying the Dead, but not the Past
8:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 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.



Waite Rawls began his involvement with Civil  War  Roundtables  when  he
joined the Franklin, Virginia Civil War Roundtable in 1957 at the age of
9.  The Franklin Roundtable was one of the first in the nation,  and  it
had a rule that prohibited membership before age 18, but they waived the
rule to let  in  a  teenager  named  Dan  Balfour,  and  Waite  saw  the
opportunity.                                                            

Rawls  earned  his  B.A.   at  Virginia Military Institute and was later
awarded an M.B.A.  and J.D.  by the University of Virginia.   He  joined
the  Museum  of  the  Confederacy  in  2004  after  a  30-year career in
investment banking in New York and Chicago, with Dan Balfour  being  the
one  to  nominate  him  for the spot.  He makes 20-30 speeches a year to
groups across the country, including 8 other Roundtables.  This  is  his
first appearance before his home group.                                 

When  he  joined  the MOC, Waite hoped to have the time to write a book,
but that has never happened.  So he  will  talk  to  us  about  somebody
else's  book,  Burying the Dead but not the Past, Caroline Janney's 2008
book about the Ladies Memorial  Associations  in  Virginia.   They  were
responsible   for  reburying  72,000  Confederate  soldiers,  giving  us
Memorial Day, founding the UDC and the  MOC,  and  erecting  statues  to
Confederates  all  over  the  state-a great story that most of us do not
know.                                                                   

Be sure to come early to get a good seat.
Meeting Attendance: November 2011 = 96 (dinner meeting)

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.)

A Word from Our President

Welcome to our last RCWRT meeting of the year.  I hope all  are  reading
about this exciting time of our history, plan a tour,  or lecture in the
near future.  We have none other than one of our own excellent speakers.
Please  bring  a  friend.   We  will  have our elections of officers for
2012. The executive committee has a slate of  suggestions:  President  -
Jack Mountcastle, 1st VP - Brent Morgan, 2nd VP Dr. Bruce Venter,  Sec -
Sandy Parker,  Treas - Richard Grosse.  Three others will also  be voted
to   serve  on  the  executive  committee.   Any  suggestions  or  other
nominations are welcome.  Look forward to seeing EACH of you there.     

                                            See you Tuesday,            
                                            David Whitehead, Pres. RCWRT

RCWRT's 2011 Annual Dinner

On Tuesday, November 8, the RCWRT's  2011  annual  dinner  was  held  at
Willow  Oaks Country Club.  Author, Elizabeth Brown Pryor helped make it
a great success by speaking about many the fascinating aspects of Robert
E. Lee's character.                                                     






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RCWRT Monthly Speakers for 2011


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