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Scranton Civil War Round Table 2016 Event Calendar
January 8, 2016The Scranton Civil War Round Table announces their 2016 Event Calendar:
- January 12th- “Culture and Conflict: Thoreau, Great Britain and the Civil War” with Dr. Len Gougeon
- February 9th- “Andersonville and Florence Prisons: The Ezra Hoyt Ripple Memoir” at the Hope Horn Gallery, Hyland Hall, University of Scranton
- March 8th- Picket
- April 12th- Civil War Baseball with Pete Stenzhorn, SCWRT member
- May 10th- Major General George Henry Thomas with William Vosseler
- June 14th- Civil War Era Customs- Patrick & Joann Dunigan
- July 12th- Round Table Discussion- “The 1850’s”
- August 9th- Round Table Discussion- “The Civil War in the Far West”
- September 13th- TBD
- October 11th- “1860 Presidential Election” with Tom Moran
- November 8th- Book Discussion of American Scoundrel: the life of the notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally
Meetings are at the Lackawanna Historical Society Catlin House, 232 Monroe Ave, Scranton at 7 pm
Meetings are free and all are welcome. For more information please contact Round Table Chairperson, Steve Thompson at 570-430-4488 or at sethomp@ptd.net.
Hosted by the Lackawanna Historical Society and the Confederation of Union Generals (COUG), the Civil War Round Table is a monthly gathering of anyone interested in the Civil War 1861-1865 with featured speakers, book discussions, and round table conversations. The group meets monthly at the Lackawanna Historical Society’s headquarters, the Catlin House, 232 Monroe Avenue.
Yearly memberships help defray speakers costs, and are $20 for an individual and $25 for a family.
