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HAGERSTOWN
CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE
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Attention One and All
All persons interested in good company, good food, field trips, learning about the American Civil War, and sharing your knowledge with others, enlist now in the Hagerstown Civil War Round Table. Yanks and Rebs welcomed with equal pleasure.
No prior knowledge of the Civil War is necessary. Come and learn!
For further information, contact
Hagerstown Civil War Round Table, Inc.
P.O. Box 2155
Hagerstown, MD 21742-2155
Or
Click here to email us: hagerstowncwrt@gmail.com
Click here for a membership application
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The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table is a group of men and women who are interested in the study of the American Civil War. No particular side is espoused - we have as many Yankees as we do Rebels.
We study battles, leaders, issues, personalities, politics, logistics, strategy, tactics, blunders and all of the facets that made up the Civil War.
We demonstrate an interest in public service through support of battlefield preservation, the presentation of needed books to the Washington County Free Library's Western Maryland Room, and donations to funds for historic preservation. Each May we present a cash gift; The Russell E. Hicks and Louis Tuckerman Scholarship to an outstanding student of American History from among the high school seniors in Washington County.
Several of our members have written books on the Civil War, or are noted speakers on the subject. Other members have studied only a little but enjoy the fellowship of our meetings and like to learn and participate.
The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table was founded in 1956 and has held eight meetings a year ever since. Currently the Round Table has close to 100 members from four states.
The Round Table publishes a newsletter, The Bugle Call, before each meeting. This newsletter contains information on the upcoming meetings and events, speaker summary, relevant news articles, excerpts from Civil War books, and articles written by members.
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The Hagerstown Civil War Round Table meets eight times each year. Our season is September to May.
Fourth Thursday: September, October, January, February, March, April and May
First Thursday: December
No meeting in June, July, August and November
Dues are currently $30 per year with a one-time initiation fee of $10 which entitles you to a name tag and a year's subscription to The Bugle Call.
Our meetings are held at the Hagerstown Hotel and Convention Center located at 1910 Dual Highway, (Rt. 40) in Hagerstown, MD.
The meetings start at 6:45 pm with dinner, followed by the meeting and program. Dinner is by reservation only at a cost of $19.00. The program portion may be attended without dinner. The program usually consists of announcements, a book raffle, and the main speaker. Short vignettes (5-10 minutes) from members are always welcomed as part of the meeting.
The speakers are usually nationally or regionally recognized authorities in their field of Civil War history, and may be from the National Park Service, a college or university, or from another round table.
Periodically, the Round Table charters a bus and sponsors a field trip to a Civil War battlefield or site. The field trips are led by a person, usually from the National Park Service, who is an expert in the area of the trip.
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