The President’s Message:
If you have not paid you dues, now is the time. Be sure to bring your
dues to the February meeting.
Every member is asked to bring one refreshment a year to a meeting.
Please sign up for your month.
The raffle is in need of books and any Civil War memorabilia.
Gerridine LaRovere
February 12, 2020 Program:
During the first week of January, 1861, Florida was not a hot bed of
secessionists. There were many factions, Unionist, conditional Unionist,
secessionist, conditional secessionist, independent, and many others in
be-tween. However, on January 19, 1861 a great debate took place and
after a vote by delegates the Ordinance of Secession was adopted by
Florida. Did everyone suddenly become a pro-secessionist? The answer is
a re-sounding “No.” The complexity of these issues will be examined
through the life of Floridian, W.W. Strick-land. Was W.W. Strickland a
traitor, patriot, deserter, or collaborator?
Chuck Riley and Gerridine LaRovere will give you the known facts through
a living history program. After hearing the presentation where would you
stand? Where would your loyalties lie?
January
8, 2020 Program:
I was not in attendance for this meeting.
No one took notes such that this section could be written.
In this presentation, Adam Katz discussed the strong presence of
baseball during the Civil War.
He showed the passion Abraham Lincoln had for the game.
The audience saw how intertwined baseball was for the soldiers
and their Civil War experience.
Adam illustrated that while the war was going on, the home front
still craved news on not only how their hometown heroes were doing on
the battlefield, but on the ballfield as well.
Just because the baseball season stopped, didn't mean the
baseball competition ended.
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