Inland Empire
Civil War Round Table
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Winner of the First International CWRT Congress PHOENIX AWARD
Our March 17th Zoom program features Jon Grinspan Ph.D, author of "Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War." The Wide Awakes were a group of hundreds of thousands of young White and Black men and a number of women that organized boisterous, uniformed, torch-bearing brigades. They were mostly working class Americans in their twenties -becoming one of our history's largest, most spectacular, and most influential political movements. To some, they demonstrated the power of a rising majority to push back against slavery. To others, it looked like a paramilitary force training to invade the South. Within a year, the nation would be at war with itself, and many on both sides would point to the Wide Awakes as the mechanism that got them there.
The Zoom room opens at 6:15 Pacific time. The presentation will start at 6:30.
Jon Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He is the author of, The Age of Acrimony and The Virgin Vote, frequently contributes to the New York Times, and has been featured in the New Yorker and the Washington Post and on CBS Sunday Morning. He lives in Washington D.C.
Our Tuesday, March 18th in-person program features Zach Foster, a public historian who presents "San Bernardino at War." Zach specializes in the Pacific and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the Civil War. He is the creator of the popular YouTube channel "The Civil War: Wild West Edition," which features true stories of clashing armies, raiding bushwhackers, and Native American uprisings from Northern California to West Texas.
San Bernardino at War. The War Between the States and Territories affected the entire West Coast. An inland frontier county named San Bernardino did not go untouched. Join Zach Foster in exploring a wild time when San Bernardino was rocked by military occupation, sectarian partisan violence, natural disasters, outlaws and crime, and the Indian Wars all at once.
Join us in the Assembly Room at the A. K. Smiley Public Library, 125 W. Vine St. Redlands, CA 92373. The presentation starts at 6:30 p.m. but come early and enjoy socializing with other members and guests. This is a free program.
Zach Foster is a private defense contractor and linguist with a passion for exploring and uncovering local history.
If you missed the live Robert Foster's presentation, you can view the recording by clicking the link below.
Our February 17th Zoom program features Robert Foster, author of "Blue Is Just A Word: The Civil War Within," Mr. Foster is the vice president of the prestigious Lincoln Group of Boston and the General Lander Civil War Round Table. His presentation is "The True Meaning of the Confederate Flag." He will explain its meaning, character, and nature then and now. He will include evidence from speeches and writings of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Frederick Douglass's views on slavery and the Confederacy are used as a moral compass or a standard for judging the presented views.
Robert Foster
Our January 20th Zoom program was, Elizabeth Anne Newberry, living historian. Ms. Newberry’s talk will focus on the roles of the Vivandières in the Civil War, how their role evolved from women’s participation in the French army, and ultimately focus on the lives and experiences of three documented Vivandières: Annie Etheridge, Marie Tepe, and Kady Brownell.
If you missed the live Elizabeth Anne Newberry's presentation, you can view the recording by clicking the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lcrekBOFHxWp1IsuRn0u8vjpYcJYkDb2/view?usp=sharing
Elizabeth Anne Newberry
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Labor Day 2024
The Inland Empire Civil War Round Table was instrumental in forming the
African Americans in the Civil War Era Round Table.
Its website is https://www.aacwert.org
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