Lynchburg
Civil War Roundtable
Ramada
Inn @ Odd Fellows Rd & US 29
Social
Hour @ 6:00 pm
Dinner
@ 7:00 pm
Program @ 8:00
pm
Cost-
$14.50 for dinner & program
Notes
from the President
It is hard to believe that the summer is nearly
over, and that soon it will be fall. The change of seasons also means
that another year of the Lynchburg Civil War Round Table is about
to begin. The nine programs that have been planned will honor both
the Blue and the Gray as well as marking the bicentennial of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln by considering the talents of the sixteenth president
as an inventor.
A
great deal of our continued success as an organization is due to the
hard work of our immediate Past President, Kevin Shroyer, and Greg
Starbuck who will edited The Skirmish Line again this year.
Calvin Ashwell, our new Vice-President, has helped plan this year's
schedule, and he is hard at work on next year's programs. Bob Hopkins
has accepted the office of Treasurer—thus your officers are ready
for our first speaker, the noted artist Keith Rocco, on September
10 th .
Planning for the new year of the LCWRT begins with the
final meeting of the old year. Since our association with The Ramada
Inn has been a satisfactory one over the years, arrangements
for our meetings and lodging for our speakers were finalized before
the end of May.
Shortly thereafter the
affiliation with Ramada Inns Inc. was terminated and the facility
changed its name to the Lynchburg Inn and Conference
Center .
It is now associated with Liberty University
. However our arrangements for next year are
set, and there will be no change in our meeting room or in the price
of our meals.
Since Liberty University
does not permit the consumption of alcohol on its affiliated properties,
the bar at the hotel has been closed. If the membership wishes, this
question will be discussed, and future alternative meeting sites considered.
In addition to honoring Lynchburg
's own 11 th Virginia Infantry, we shall have
a chance to meet Col. Robert E. Lee, hero of the late war with Mexico
, and enjoy again the music of the Civil War.
It promises to another exciting year for the Lynchburg Civil War Round
Table which is the envy of many similar organizations. Remember our
continued success is due to the participation and dedication of our
membership.
Clifton
Potter
President,
2008-2009
2008-2009
SCHEDULE
September
10, 2008 : Mr.
Keith Rocco, “Historical Art, Capturing the Past”
October
8, 2008 : Mr. Jerry Markham, “The 11th Virginia Infantry”
November
12, 2008 : Mr. Troy Harmon NPS, “Gettysburg ”
December
10, 2008 : An ensemble from the Jefferson Choral Society
“Civil War Music”
January
14, 2009 : Dr. Brian Melton, “ Sherman 's forgotten general:
Henry W. Slocum”
February
11, 2009 : Al Stone (as Robert E Lee) “The Mexico Encounter”
March
11, 2009 : Col. Keith Gibson, “Moses Ezekiel: Civil War Soldier,
Renowned Sculptor”
April
8, 2009 : Dr, Jason Emerson, “ Lincoln the Inventor: The
Story of His Mechanical Genius”
May 13, 2009 : Mr. Joe Williams NPS, “The men at
Appomattox —both Blue and Gray”
