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AboutThe Civil War Round Table
(CWRT) is a place to meet and discuss everything
about the American Civil War. Our official name is The
Nineteenth Century American History Round Table for non-profit
status.
When one mentions the CWRT two
questions come to mind.
These are:
This brief essay
is my take on these questions. And,
as you will read, the core question is that people have different
answers to even these two questions.
However,
I have discussed this document with the officers and members of
the CWRT and this is how we
address these matters. The Civil War Round Table is an international organization devoted to research, discussion, and presentation of all aspects of the American Civil War. We meet in cities and towns to exchange ideas and listen to experts in the field. The first Round Table was founded in Chicago on December 3, 1940 and the concept has grown ever since. There is no central organization to the CWRT; every group structures itself in a manner that best fits the needs of the local group. Our group, founded on September 17, 1988, meets monthly year round, usually on the second Wednesday of each month. During those meetings we have formal presentations by members and experts in the field, informal discussions, and social interaction. We also raise funds to contribute to the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Trust for the preservation of Civil War battlefields.
The guns of war have been silent
now for almost 150 years at the time of this writing.
Why are people still interested in the American Civil War
(in
the eyes of some more properly labeled as the “War Between the States”!)?
I have heard that there are over 80,000 books published on the
war; greater than any other war in history.
The answer to this interest in this war is wrapped up in the trick
question: When did the Civil
War end? Was it Lee’s
surrender on April 9, 1865?
Johnston’s surrender? Kirby
Smith’s surrender in May or the capture of Jefferson Davis?
When
the last Confederate unit surrendered in Oklahoma Territory June 23,
1865? President Andrew Johnson’s
Proclamations dated August 20, 1866, declaring the “insurrection” to be
at an end and “peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exist
throughout the whole of the United States of America?” The adoption of
the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to
the Constitution?
Or how about the end of the poll tax or the integration of
American schools? Or are the
issues raised by the Civil War still unresolved?
The Revolutionary War, which settled American
independence, ended. The Civil War, did not simply end and left many, many issues
unsettled. The our group delves
into these questions and is therefore a body interested in far more than
a discussion about battles, winners, and losers.
If you have even a modicum of
interest in 19th century history and would enjoy the give and
take of discussing the core issues of what it means to be an American,
we would invite you to come to one of our meetings.
They are free and open to the public.
Membership is open to all.
We do not take sides, neither Blue nor Gray.
Here we are truly one People. The officers of the Civil War Round Table of Palm Beach County are:
President - Gerridine LaRovere
Secretary - Robert Schuldenfrei
Treasurer - Robert Krasner
Director - George Nimburg
Director - Cynthia Morrison
Director - Adam Katz
Robert Schuldenfrei, Webmaster, is the person to contact if you wanted to reach anyone on the board
or have any question at all.
Contact me at: bob@s-i-inc.com
To print a poster click the image on the right and launch a .jpg file. For a printed copy of the essay above click on this essay link. Last changed: 08/03/22 |
