Our November meeting was a blast with Richard Lewis presentation on Confederate uniforms he calls “Cloaked in Mystery”. His presentation was in pictures of Confederate generals all in the same uniform. The mystery was, how was this possible? It turns out that they were all post war images Also, Mathew Brady took those pictures in his New York Studio. I enjoy it very much and it was very amusing. If you were there, I hope you enjoyed it too. If you were not there, you missed a terrific presentation.
At our next meeting in December we will take a break from the civil war and look into a World War II story. Marc Blau will come to the round table to share stories of letters first published in Homefront, a Bangor magazine sent around the world to keep its sons and daughters connected to their hometowns. So please join me to hear this presentation of a love story between a community and its WWII soldiers.
I have been informed that our annual brush cutting at Gettysburg National Park is on April 18, 2020. Please save this date and come with us for the fun and camaraderie of your fellow Round Table members. Facts in history. ..The real story behind all those Confederate statues.
Most of their monuments were not erected right after the civil war. In fact, all the way to 1890 there were very few monuments dedicated to the Confederate leaders. Most of them were built much later in 1895 to 1915. There was the erection of confederate statues and monuments in large numbers. Also, from 1955 to 1970 southern whites mount violent resistance and started putting up confederate monuments again. Monuments were put up to honor confederate leaders and soldiers. But the timing makes it clear, the real motivate was white terror against blacks. It was to maintain white supremacy in the south. It is that reason the blacks consider these statues as bigotry and terror.
Barry