Summer is winding down but the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is going to continue to offer programs into the fall and the majority of them are advertised in the Schedule of Events at the National Military Park's website:

NOTE THE SEVERAL NEW LISTINGS ENTERED BELOW.........

thru September 30, 2011--"WAR IN OUR BACKYARDS" EXHIBIT, ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER; includes large Wilbur Kurtz wall maps of the battles around Atlanta, some Kurtz paintings, wartime maps, postwar maps of the fortifications, and George Barnard's photos of wartime Atlanta. There's also some furniture from some homes occupied by Union officers in the fall of 1864. A video presentation of some of the Barnard images even allows for some to be seen in 3D effect. For more information, see www.atlantahistorycenter.com
thru October 7, 2011--Special Exhibit, "In Their Own Words: Letters and Stories from the Civil War," Bartow County History Museum, 4 East Church Street, Cartersville, Georgia; built around the letters of the Young family, which included Confederate General P. M. B. Young, of Cass, now, because of what happened 150 years ago on the date of our July meeting, Bartow County. For more information, see http://bartowhistorymuseum.org or call 770-382-3818
thru October 30, 2011--"Likenesses in the Latest Style: Historical Portrait Photography," a special exhibit heavily drawing on two private collections that focus on images of Georgia Confederates; some amazing images rarely seen, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, www.columbusmuseum.com
thru 2011—"Conquered Banners: Georgia's Civil War Flags" Exhibit, Georgia Historical Society Headquarters, 501 Whitaker Street, Savannah; because of the fragile condition of the flags, any one flag will only be on display for three months so a number of flags from the Historical Society's own collection and the collection of Fort Pulaski National Monument will be rotated through over the year; hence, if you go to the Savannah area off and on during the year, you could stop in and see different flags in display; flags include ones from the Pulaski Guards, Savannah Guards, 1st Georgia Regulars; for more information, go to www.georgiahistory.com
UP-DATED--September 16-20, 2011--148th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Chickamauga, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park; for more information, see www.nps.gov/chch
September 24, 2011--National Park Service Fee Free Day; if you've got guests in town or you yourself haven't been to Point Park on the Lookout Mountain Battlefield in a while or you want to travel to another National Park Service Civil War area that normally charges a fee, this will be a Fee Free Day in honor National Public Lands Day
NEW--September 25, 2011--Tour of Old Downtown Decatur, Alabama, and the scene of the Battle of Decatur, October, 1864; 1:30 PM CT; sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table, Huntsville, Alabama; led by Morgan County, Alabama, Historian & Archivist John Allison; free, but pre-registration requested, kdwrt@netzero.net or 256-890-0890
NEW--September 26, 2011--Attorney, Author, and Historian Dr. Stephen Dennis speaks at Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park 2011 Vital Lecture, Tennessee Aquarium Auditorium, 7 PM; Dr. Dennis, a LaFayette, Georgia, native and Baylor School graduate, is the author of a recent history of early LaFayette, and is working on a subsequent volume on that town as well as one on the Union occupation of Chattanooga during the Civil War. For more information, see www.moccasinbendpark.org or call 423-785-3030.
September 28, 2011--Dedication of the Georgia Historical Society Historical Markers "Georgians in the Union Army," 10 AM, Dawsonville, Georgia, AND, "Madden Branch Massacre, 3 PM, McCaysville, Georgia; for more information, see www.georgiahistory.com/events or call Christy Crisp at 912-651-2125
September 29, 2011--"In Their Own Words," lecture by Bartow County History Museum Director Trey Gaines, looking more closely at their featured special exhibit (see above) "In Their Own Words: Letters and Stories from the Civil War;" Bartow County History Museum, 4 East Church Street, Cartersville, Georgia, 7 PM; for more information, see http://bartowhistorymuseum.org or call 770-382-3818
October 2, 2011--Dedication of the new sections of the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway, 2:30 PM, the Sterchi Farm/Water Haven Trailhead on Old Harrison Pike where Old Harrison Pike crosses South Chickamauga Creek in the Boyce community and by the Water Haven Subdivision. This section of the Greenway provides access to some of the movement area associated with the Battle of Missionary Ridge, one of the Battle of Missionary Ridge engagement areas, and a couple of other Civil War sites. Discussion of those Civil War sites will be part of the dedication activities that afternoon.

UP-DATED--October 8, 2011--2011 Nathan B. Forrest Seminar, this year in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and focusing on "The Men Around Forrest"--Colonel J. W. Starnes (presented by Brent Lokey), George G. Dibrell (presented by Greg Biggs), David C. Kelley (presented by Mike Bradley); 9-3, Tullahoma Events Center, 205 Northwest Atlantic Street, Tullahoma, $25.00 registration; contact michaelrbradley@lighttube.net or rboswell@charter.net, or call 931-455-3851

October 10, 2011--Civil War Musician Bobby Horton & the Chattanooga Boys Choir performs "Songs and Stories of the Civil War" as part of Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park 2011 Vital Lecture Series at the Tennessee Aquarium Auditorium, 7 PM; Bobby Horton is the pre-eminent Civil War musician and musical historian. For more information, see www.moccasinbendpark.org or call 423-785-3030.
October 18, 2011--"Civil War Voices," live musical production, Princess Theatre, Decatur, Alabama, 7:30 PM CT; see http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/mar/26/musical-gives-voice-to-civil-war-stories/
October 21-23, 2011--"The Road to Kennesaw--Sherman and Johnston in North Georgia, May-June, 1864," a tour of the Atlanta Campaign battlefields from Ringgold to Dalton to Resaca to Pickett's Mill to Kennesaw, led by Historian and Author Greg Biggs for the Tennessee Valley (Huntsville) Civil War Round Table; the TVCWRT is opening this to interested members of other Round Tables; many of you all have heard Greg Biggs speak so you know he'll be a good battlefield guide. There are, of course, fees; for more information, contact Kent Wright at 256-890-0890 or kdwrt@netzero.net
October 22, 2011--Forest Hills Cemetery History Stroll, Forest Hills Cemetery, St. Elmo at the foot of Lookout Mountain, the resting place of John Wilder, Robert Cravens, and a lot of other Chattanooga Civil War folks; for more information, call 423-821-1461.
November 10-12, 2011—19th Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219
November 11, 2011--National Park Service Fee Free Day; if you've got guests in town or you yourself haven't been to Point Park on the Lookout Mountain Battlefield in a while or you want to travel to another National Park Service Civil War area that normally charges a fee, this will be a Fee Free Day in honor of Armistice/Veterans Day
November 15-19, 2011--Grant's Road to Destiny Part 10: The Battles for Chattanooga Tour conducted by the Blue & Gray Education Society with Brigadier General Parker Hills, U. S. Army (ret.) as guide and instructor; fee; for more information see www.blueandgrayeducation.org or email bgesexecutivedirector@yahoo.com
December 2-3, 2011--Middle Tennessee Civil War Show and Sale, formally in Nashville, now at the Williamson County Agricultural Expo Park, just off I-65 at Exit 61, 4215 Long Lane, Franklin, Tennessee; Saturday 9-5 CT, Sunday 9-3 CT; over 1000 tables of Civil War items displayed and for sale; $8 for adults; see www.mkshows.com
March 9-10, 2012--Chickamauga Study Group "Seminar In The Woods;" more info later; email Dave Powell at dpowell334@aol.com for additional information
November 8-10, 2012—20th Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219
November 7-9, 2013—21st Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219
November 6-8, 2014—22nd Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219
November 5-7, 2015—23rd Annual Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression, sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Department of Communications; for more information, see http://www.utc.edu/Academic/SymposiumOnThe19thCenturyPress/ or http://www.utc.edu/commdept/conference, or call 423-425-4219

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