The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack invites you to our April 8, 2026 meeting at 7:30pm, at the Hilton Senior Center.

OUR PROGRAM IS TBA! Our original speaker cannot make it.

We'll inform  everyone as soon as we have a new topic and presenter.

It's been some time since our old friend Chuck Veit has come up to the CWRT of the Merrimack.

Chuck will present "On the Verge of the Great War," as Chuck says, "it is an international perspective on the Rebellion and how very close we came to starting a world war in 1866."

Chuck Veit is founder of the U.S. Naval Landing Party, one of the few living history groups to portray the sailors and marines of the American Civil War. Chuck is also president of the Navy & Marine Living History Association, a non-profit dedicated to promoting an awareness of the role played by the navies in the history of America. The Association supports the efforts of its member living history units with insurance, research information, collateral, reproduction tools and weapons, and involvement in projects such as the search for the Civil War's first submarine, Alligator, in which NMLHA is partnered with the Office of Naval Research and NOAA. The NMLHA website is open to the public and has been included in the curriculum of at least one major university's Underwater Archaeology department. Since inception, NMLHA has grown to twenty-four naval living history groups located from coast to coast; its members portray navies from the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.

In addition to numerous articles published in Naval History magazine, Chuck has also reported on Alligator symposia in Groton, Norfolk and Philadelphia and written a museum report on the value of living history as a means of teaching naval history. He speaks with an estimated 10,000 visitors to the living history events he attends every year (NMLHA overall reaches about a quarter of a million). In cooperation with Dave Ekhardt, he researched and designed "The Navy in the Civil War" informational poster, which presents over five hundred naval events of that war.

PLEASE feel free to spread the word and bring a friend! 

We are free and open to the public.

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At the March mneeting:

After delaying the elections of our annual meeting in February, we held them in March. We still have two director slots open and wouild love to see some members step up! Here are the election results: 

President: Elizabeth Hallett

Vice President: Joy Titus

Treasurer: Richard Elliott

Recording Secretary: Bill Hallett

Corresponding Secretary: Bill Hallett

Director: Lori Vesowate

(2 other direct posts are currently open)

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