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Civil War Round Table
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The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table was instrumental in forming the
African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table.
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AACWERT presentation from President Bill Gwaltney, "The True Glory; 1st Sgt Robert John Simmons." The Man he portrayed in the movie Glory.
Monday, November 18, 6:30 Pacific Time
Zoom Room opens at 6:15
Guest Speaker Nicole Etcheson, Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History at Ball State University and author, will present Bleeding Kansas—The Crisis of the 1850s, based on her book "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era."
Recap: In the summer of 1856, fighting between free-state and pro-slavery settlers broke out in Kansas Territory. This talk explores the cause of the violence in the conflict between freedom and slavery in the territory and its impact in bringing on the Civil War.
The Zoom Link is below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87320074588?pwd=cwIOAfMovhYpLDwwuskfK1HGeJH6Ec.1
Professor, Nicole Etcheson
Tuesday, November 19, 2 pm. Pacific Time on Zoom and in-person in the Assembly Room of the A.K. Smiley Public Library, 125 W. Vine St. Redlands. Come early for social time, and the Zoom room opens at 1:45. The Dennis Doyle presentation Zoom link is below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82870885493?pwd=UhEROAgvt0FyPByt11DFFpeFgVL3Rj.1
Professor, Dennis Doyle
Guest Speaker Dennis Doyle, Professor of History and Sociology at Joliet Junior College and President of The Civil War Round Table of Chicago. Professor Doyle's presentation will be on "Irish Americans in the Civil War."
If you missed the live presentation,you can view the recording by clicking on the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JKeYvigiCiKhji1vbrZSG6MrLCclCD7y/view?usp=sharing
Monday, October 21
Dr. Mary Walker's Civil War: One Woman's Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women's Rights.
Guest Speaker, Theresa Kaminski Ph.D., author, speaker, and historian,
Theresa Kaminski, Ph.D. is a professor emerita of history from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. As an author, she specializes in writing about scrappy women in American history. In 2020, Theresa published Dr. Mary Walker’s Civil War: One Woman’s Journey to the Medal of Honor and the Fight for Women’s Rights. Her most recent book, Queen of the West: The Life and Times of Dale Evans, was released in April 2022. She is also the author of a trilogy of books about American women in the Philippine Islands, including Angels of the Underground. Theresa is currently working on a book about Jane Grant, a feminist, writer, and co-founder of The New Yorker.
USCT Presentation: Huntington Beach Civil War Days 2024
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