Ed Root
The January Meeting was highlighted by an unexpected change of speakers due to illness.
Our own Ed Root kept the attendees enthralled with a narrative about the life of General Benjamin Butler.
Butler was best known for his oft criticized command of New Orleans, which earned him the name of “The Beast” among others labels.
Ed described who he was visiting a military museum in New Orleans and got into a conversation with a staff member who said that Butler wasn’t all bad. That set him off on a mission to discover more about this Massachusetts lawyer turned soldier.
General Benjamin Butler
Ed described his quest and delighted us with what he found about this man who joined the war effort early on, but was noted more for the controversies which surrounded him than his military prowess.
We thank ed for his superior job!!
As usual we held our monthly book raffle to benefit our preservation efforts and the winners are depicted below.
