Next Meeting:
September 8, 2010
Kansan/Missouri Border Wars
by Tom Lubas
Many historians believe that the Kansas Missouri Border Wars were the
precursor to the American Civil War. The talk demonstrates how political
math played an important role in provoking what was called at the time
"bleeding Kansas". Centered on this theme were famous and infamous
participants who will be featured.
Monthly Meetings:
The Sacramento Civil War Round
Table (SCWRT) meets 12 times each year on the second Wednesday of
each month.
Meeting Time:
The meeting is open to the public and members and honored guests are invited to gather for dinner and informal discussion at 6:00 p.m. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. and typically ends at
8:30 p.m.
Meeting Agenda
At 7:00 p.m., there is a short SCWRT business meeting, followed by the SCWRT President reviewing the Civil War calendar to see what transpired during the Civil War on the meeting date. The evening's featured talk begins at 7:10 p.m. and generally lasts 45 minutes to one hour. The talk is typically followed by a short question and
answer period, and ends with a raffle of member donated items to raise money for
expenses and Civil War preservation groups."
Meeting Location:
Meeting location for 2009 is
Plaza Hof Brau, 2500 Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA.
NEWS:
A generous donor has
recently gifted a large library to SCWRT. Books are available to members upon request.
Click
to visit our new
Library!
