From the Editor

Our next meeting will be on the Fourth Tuesday of the month (January 24) at the Parkville Senior Center, 8601 Harford Rd, Parkville, MD 21234. Future meetings will also be on the fourth Tuesday of each month. (See link for map and directions: http://local.yahoo.com/info-12603674-parkville-senior-center-parkville)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Continuing Exhibit - The Maryland Historical Society’s (MdHS) Museum is presenting Maryland’s largest and most comprehensive Civil War exhibit. The impact of the war on the people of Maryland will be told in personal terms in “Divided Voices: Maryland in the Civil War.”  The largest Civil War exhibit in the museum’s 167-year history will occupy over 5,000 square feet and tell the story of a tragedy in three acts: the romantic war, the real war and the long reunion. Admission fee. For information go to www.mdhs.org or call 410-685-3750.

Continuing Exhibit -The War Came By Train, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, The national landmark Roundhouse will exhibit the largest assemblage of Civil War railroad equipment in the world, featuring locomotives and rail cars that served during the war. Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Admission required

 

January 24, 2012 – BCWRT will have Wayne Schaumberg speaking on "Baltimore and the Civil War:  A City Divided.", Parkville Senior Center, 7:00 p.m.

 

March 1, 2012  --  Harford Community College Library and the Hays-Heighe House will host a free, five-part reading and discussion series called “Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War” beginning March 1. The book discussions will be held on Thursdays throughout the spring semester:  March 1, March 15,  March 29,  April 19 and May 3. Each discussion will be held twice—first at 12:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. The discussions will be held at the Hays-Heighe House. The discussion series is based on three books:  “March” by Geraldine Brooks; “Crossroads of Freedom:  Antietam” by James McPherson; and “America’s War:  Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150^th Anniversaries,” edited by Edward L. Ayers. James Karmel, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Harford Community College, will lead the discussion at each session. In addition, a tour of Tudor Hall will be available for participants in the discussion series on Thursday, April 12, at 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Ann Persson at 443-412-2495 or email apersson@harford.edu or Carol Allen at 443-412-2144 or email caallen@harford.edu.

 

March 3, 2012 -  7:00 – 12:00 p.m., 13th Annual Col. Harry W. Gilmor Birthday Bull and Oyster Roast. Beer,  set ups, music, all you can eat.  Heritage  Parkville Gardens.  Adults only please.   Tickets $34.  Call Elliott Cummings 410-296-2935 or e mail basilduke@comcast.net  Send check payable to Col. Harry W. Gilmor Camp, SCV to 1547 Putty Hill Ave.  Balto. MD 21286. Ticket will be immediately sent to you by return mail.

 

March 6, 2012 -  “In a Stranger Place: Louisa May Alcott and Other Concordians Respond to the Civil War” will be given by Colleen Webster, professor of English at Harford Community College, on Tuesday, March 6, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the HCC Student Center, Room 243. Free

 

March 8, 2012 -  “Marching Through Maryland: Lee’s Campaign of 1862” will be given by Thomas Clemens, Ph.D., professor of history at Hagerstown Community College, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bel Air Branch of the Harford County Public Library. This lecture is sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council. Free

April 26, 2012 -  “Harford County and the Fugitive Slave” will be given by Jim Chrismer, a prominent researcher on the Civil War and retired history teacher at The John Carroll School. Christine Tolbert, co-author of “A Journey Through Berkley, Maryland:  A Tapestry of Black and White Lives Woven Together Over 200 Years at a Rural Crossroads,” and Stephen Whitman, Ph.D., the author of two books on slavery, will comment on Mr. Chrismer’s presentation. 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the HCC Student Center. Free

 

Editor’s note

Some events may have changed by the time we go to print. When possible, please check with the event sponsor prior to attending.

The Officers of the Baltimore Civil War Roundtable

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Don Macreadie, Treasurer, 410-870-3072 (kiddon@comcast.net)
Steve Wiseman, Secretary - Ray Atkins, Asst. Secretary/Treasurer, 410-879-8828
Lee Hodges, Board Member - Robert Ford, Board Member
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