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July 2010 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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July 2010 CANISTER Newsletter Website Version of Our Monthly Newsletter |
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CANISTER From The Chattanooga Civil War Round Table www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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| VOLUME XXVII | JULY 20, 2010 | NO. 7 |
VISITORS AND GUESTS WELCOME |
IN THE FIELD |
| DATE: | TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2010 | TIME: 7:00 PM |
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TOPIC: |
"CONSTRAINING THE MARCH OF TIME: MONUMENT CONSERVATION ON THE CHATTANOOGA BATTLEFIELDS" |
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SPEAKERS: |
SCOTT JONES & HECTOR ABREU, MUSEUM EXHIBIT SPECIALISTS & CONSERVATORS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRAINING CENTER |
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ORCHARD KNOB RESERVATION MISSIONARY RIDGE BATTLEFIELD ORCHARD KNOB AVENUE & IVY STREET |
| (Directions to Orchard Knob - The Orchard Knob Reservation of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is located on Orchard Knob Avenue at Ivy Street. Orchard Knob Avenue crosses or intersects 3rd Street, McCallie Avenue, and Bailey Avenue between downtown and Missionary Ridge. Look for Orchard Knob Avenue west of Dodds Avenue (along which the McCallie School is located) if you are traveling 3rd, McCallie, or Bailey from Missionary Ridge, or east of Holtzclaw Avenue if headed east from downtown. Park along Ivy and we'll initially gather at the corner of Orchard Knob Avenue and Ivy Street.) |
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JULY MEETING |
| What happened here in the shadow of Lookout Mountain
in the later summer and fall of 1863 was significant in determining the outcome of the War for Southern
Independence/War of the Rebellion. Those who experienced the Campaign for Chattanooga as it unfolded knew
even then just how significant it was. Many visited the ground hallowed by themselves and their comrades
within hours, days, and months of those battles and they continued to do so in the two and a half decades
after the war. In the 1890s, those men's and their nation's recognition of those events led to the creation
of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and the erection of more than a 1,000 monuments, markers,
tablets, and plaques across those battlefields. In the century since, time and some visitors have not necessarily
been kind to all of those commemorative features. And, even with durable materials by and large having been selected,
even granite monuments need some tender loving care too. As you hopefully have seen in the local media, some of the
larger monuments are receiving that care this summer on the Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge battlefields; its
making those monuments look almost new. For our program this month, we'll get a tour and talk of what is being done
for some of the monuments within the Orchard Knob Reservation by two of the experts doing the work. Orchard Knob has
been closed during this process but we'll get to visit under the escort of the crew and get to see and hear up close
what they've been up to and what they've been finding. Museum Exhibit Specialist and team leader Scott Jones is a Navy (seven years) and construction trades veteran. Joining the National Park Service in Florida in 1990, he transferred to the Historic Preservation Training Center in 1997 and has since worked on may historic preservation projects around the National Park System, including at Stones River National Battlefield. Conservator Hector Abreu was born in New York but raised in Puerto Rico. Trained as a civil engineer at the University of Puerto Rico, he returned to school to study architectural conservation at the University of Pennsylvania. Since, he has done conservation work or taught conservation for the University of Pennsylvania, the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office, Savannah College of Art and Design, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and as a private consultant. |
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SPEAKER'S FUND SUPPORT OF THE MONTH There will be no Speaker's Fund this month because we will be in the field. |
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SCOUTS REPORTS! There were quite a few Civil War related programs in the last month or so. Did anyone visit with authors Raymond Evans or Rick Baumgartner at their book signings on June 26 and July 2-4 respectively? I know at least two folks went over to Huntsville to hear Ed Bearss speak on Chickasaw Bayou on July 8. Hopefully one of them will be at the meeting to give us a report. If you were able to attend one or more of these, or another one not listed here, and you’re at our July meeting, give us a report. Good intelligence is one of the keys to military success! |
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BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ON HISTORY DETECTIVES As you may have seen in the Chattanooga Times Free Press of July 12, an upcoming episode of the PBS program HISTORY DETECTIVES will include a piece on a painting of the Battle of Lookout Mountain done by a Confederate prisoner at Rock Island. The episode will air on Monday, July 26, 2010, at 9 PM on Chattanooga PBS station WTCI. |
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FUTURE ROUND TABLE MEETINGS July 20, 2010 -- To be announced August 2010 -- To be announced September 21, 2010--IN THE FIELD--"Forrest vs. Old Rosy: The First Days After Chickamauga" October 2010 -- To be announced November 2010 -- To be announced December 2010 -- To be announced |
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CIVIL WAR 150TH PROGRAMS As we enter the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, there will be many opportunities for our Round Table to perhaps have programs that match up with an event from that month 150 years ago. I'm going to try to line up a fair number that way. But, I also want to make sure that any of our members who have a particular interest in a given battle or a prominent person associated with a given battle have an opportunity too. Anyone a particular fan of say the First Battle of Manassas or Mill Springs or want an excuse to learn more about an event or person? If so and you'd like to do a program, let me know. Even '11, '12, or '13 isn't too far out into the future. |
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UP-COMING LOCAL CIVIL WAR EVENTS OF NOTE
NEW ENTRIES:
PREVIOUS ENTRIES: |
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from REPORT ON THE NEW YORK MONUMENTS AT CHATTANOOGA AND PROCEEDINGS OF
DEDICATION OF THE CENTRAL HISTORICAL MEMORIAL OR PEACE MONUMENT ON LOOKOUT;
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www.chattanoogacwrt.org |
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President -- Jim Ogden Vice President -- Ansley Moses |
Treasurer -- Harvey Scarborough Secretary -- Neil Greenwood |
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If you or a friend would like to join the Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, send
your check for dues, made out to Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, to Chattanooga
Civil War round Table, c/o Jim Ogden, 4 Gala Drive, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742.
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Regular Membership $20.00 Senior Citizen (62+) $15.00 |
Family Membership $30.00 Student $15.00 |
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The Round Table dues year is October 1 to September 30. Membership fee for new
members joining after October is pro-rated, being reduced by $1.50 per month for
regular membership, by $2.50 per month for family membership, and $1.00 per month
for Senior Citizens and Students. Members up-dating their dues or rejoining are
expected to pay the full rate. [Note from the webmaster: a chart with the appropriate dues can be found at: Membership Dues. An application can be found at: application] |
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