The
Civil War Round Table of New York
Dinner
and Meeting
Cocktails:
5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:00 pm
Speaker: 7:00 pm
at
The 3 West Club
3 West 51st Street - 3rd floor
New York City
Prix
Fixe: $30.00 members; $40.00 guests
Please
call to reserve your place at least 7 days before each
meeting:
Telephone number: 718-341-9811
Wednesday,
May 14, 2008
Fletcher Pratt Award
The Winner: Dr. Joan Cashin
Breaking with tradition Joan Cashin will
be our guest speaker for the second time this year. This
unprecedented event was made possible by her winning the
Fletcher Pratt Award for her book, "First Lady of the
Conferacy: Varina Davis's Civil War." The theme of
breaking with tradition goes well with the life of
Varina Davis as interpreted by Professor Cashin. This
first lady loved her independence in the conformist era
of Victorianism. She preferred urban delights to
universally praised country living. Indeed, she rejected
the Lost Cause and cherished the Union in the face of
unbearable pressure to do the opposite.
Professor Cashin is a social historian
and gives us the benefit of this perspective of a life
and times where politics and war were supposed to be the
touchstones of one's being. Congratulations on your
Fletcher Pratt Award.
Wednesday,
June 11, 2008
Speaker: Mort Kunstler
Topic: Painting the Civil War
Battlefield Tour
Date: Thursday, May 15, - Sunday,
May 18, 2008
For our 51st Annual Tour we will visit Antietam, South
Mountain and Harpers Ferry. The well-known Dennis Frye
will guide the tour.
Deposits of $100.00 per person should be sent to Howard
Rosenthal, 81-15 Surrey Place, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
or call for details, 718-358-5060.
