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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, April 2021
Hello Rockland CWRT
Hope all is well and you are healthy and happy.
This past year has been a difficult one for everyone. Clearly, in the interest of everyone’s safety, we were unable to hold any meetings this past year. Our program meetings were suspended last March, and we waited patiently, following all local health, and gathering restrictions while maintaining contact with our meeting venue, Pearl River High School. The school was closed and was not permitting large gatherings and just when we hoped to resume our programs in the fall of 2020, a second wave arose, and most public venues and schools shut down again.
The health and well-being of our members and our program attendees was always at the forefront of our decisions and planning.
I have discussed our options with VP Peter Reiner, PRHS and others, and have decided to tentatively schedule programs again this fall, starting in September 2021. This will depend upon conditions, regulations, and vaccinations as we move forward through the spring and summer months. We will continue to work with our local and state health officials and cooperate fully with them and within all public safety guidelines. We will let you know our options and definitive dates as our plans and schedule are confirmed. However, these plans are all tentative and we will adjust accordingly as the social and health situations change and evolve.
We may, try to plan an outdoor event sometime during the summer months. Please watch your email, and our facebook page Rockland Civil War RT https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=Rockland%20Civil%20War%20RT and website Rocklandcivilwar.org for any information on this and all upcoming events, programs and news.
We thank you for all your past support and dedication to the Rockland CWRT. We look forward to seeing you all again soon as we resume our normal lives. Look for a new email by the end of the summer with a detailed schedule. Meanwhile stay well, healthy, and positive. Thank you again.
In the meantime, I have a few exciting topics to tell you about.
The Lincoln Society in Peekskill is hosting a zoom dinnertime event with guest speaker Ted Widmer
who will present on his new book,
LINCOLN ON THE VERGE: THIRTEEN DAYS TO WASHINGTON
A gripping account of Lincoln’s train journey to his 1861 Inauguration, which included a speaking stop in Peekskill.
The Lincoln Society in Peekskill, NY
Announces its 116th Annual
Dinner-Time Event and Fund Raiser
To Be Held Virtually (Yes, Virtually !!)
Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom
(Tired of Zoom Meetings? We Promise - This One Will Be Different !! )
Hear A Great Speaker !!!
DR. TED WIDMER – Author of the award-winning book
LINCOLN ON THE VERGE: THIRTEEN DAYS TO WASHINGTON
We encourage you to join us for this fantastic presentation.
Support Your Lincoln Society !!
Support Local Business - Order from a Local Restaurant (See Below)
Converse with Friends & Make New Ones !
On-Line Auction of Lincoln Memorabilia
Even A Little Living Room Dancing !!
Only $25 Contribution per Person – Tax Deductible (Additional Donations Welcome)
Receive Back a $10 Gift Certificate for a Local Restaurant*
Option to Buy Dr. Widmer’s Signed Book at a Discount
Go To: www.lincolnsocietyinpeekskill.org
Click on “2021 Annual Event” to access Sign-up Website.
*Gift Certificate, provided by a generous anonymous donor, will be sent to each registrant by return mail.
Thank You for your support of the History Community!
Here is the link for more information and to get your tickets.
BUY TICKETS HERE
Don’t miss this Great event with Dr. Ted Widmer and the Lincoln Society In Peekskill. Mark your calendars and buy your tickets for April 24, 2021.
ALSO
Your help is requested! and PLEASE SHARE! In 2008 the Lincoln Depot Foundation commissioned American sculptor Richard Masloski to create a larger than life-size sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln giving his speech at the Peekskill Train Depot on February 19, 1861. Thus, began a strong relationship between Richard and our Museum. A retrospective of Richard’s Lincoln and Civil War Sculptures was exhibited during the 2015 season, including MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT and Richard participated in many events and fundraisers throughout the years. Unfortunately, Richard was involved in a freak accident and passed away in 2018. The Lincoln Depot Foundation was recently offered the unique opportunity to acquire the one and only bronze casting of his wonderful sculpture, MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT . We see no more fitting tribute to our dear friend than to be able to display this sculpture in the Museum he loved so deeply, enabling generations to come to fully enjoy Richard Masloski’s powerful masterpiece, MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT! Please help us make this dream come true! THANK YOU!
MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT April 14, 1865
President Lincoln, just moments before, had been shot by John Wilkes Booth.
A doctor and four soldiers carry him from Ford's Theatre to the rooming house across the street, where hours later he will die.
The Lincoln Depot Foundation and Museum commemorates Abraham Lincoln's inaugural visit and stop in Peekskill, NY, and highlights Peekskill's connection within the greater context of the Civil War Period, focusing on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, New York's significant role in the war, and the local Underground Railroad and their place in history.
https://gofund.me/30c57892
And speaking of the Lincoln Depot Museum, we have decided to re-open under the NYS museum regulations and covid protocol. Our schedule GRAN RE-OPENING weekend is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2, 2021. (We have been closed for a full year and MUST open to generate income.) This will be a mostly OUTDOOR event with limited numbers of people at a time inside the museum and visitors center. Ken Serfass Will be at the Museum both days in his headquarters tent portraying General US Grant. He will be accompanied by many of his troops from the Army of the Potomac as they bivouac in the Wilderness awaiting their next campaign. Live musket firing, drills and campfire camaraderie will all be available for spectators to participate in, along with questioning General Grant on his upcoming offensive war plans. Don’t miss this fantastic weekend of Civil War History at the Lincoln Depot Museum in Peekskill on May 1 and 2. More details to follow but MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
Sincerely,
Paul R. Martin III
President, RCWRT
Hello Rockland CWRT
Hope all is well and you are healthy and happy.
This past year has been a difficult one for everyone. Clearly, in the interest of everyone’s safety, we were unable to hold any meetings this past year. Our program meetings were suspended last March, and we waited patiently, following all local health, and gathering restrictions while maintaining contact with our meeting venue, Pearl River High School. The school was closed and was not permitting large gatherings and just when we hoped to resume our programs in the fall of 2020, a second wave arose, and most public venues and schools shut down again.
The health and well-being of our members and our program attendees was always at the forefront of our decisions and planning.
I have discussed our options with VP Peter Reiner, PRHS and others, and have decided to tentatively schedule programs again this fall, starting in September 2021. This will depend upon conditions, regulations, and vaccinations as we move forward through the spring and summer months. We will continue to work with our local and state health officials and cooperate fully with them and within all public safety guidelines. We will let you know our options and definitive dates as our plans and schedule are confirmed. However, these plans are all tentative and we will adjust accordingly as the social and health situations change and evolve.
We may, try to plan an outdoor event sometime during the summer months. Please watch your email, and our facebook page Rockland Civil War RT https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=Rockland%20Civil%20War%20RT and website Rocklandcivilwar.org for any information on this and all upcoming events, programs and news.
We thank you for all your past support and dedication to the Rockland CWRT. We look forward to seeing you all again soon as we resume our normal lives. Look for a new email by the end of the summer with a detailed schedule. Meanwhile stay well, healthy, and positive. Thank you again.
In the meantime, I have a few exciting topics to tell you about.
The Lincoln Society in Peekskill is hosting a zoom dinnertime event with guest speaker Ted Widmer
who will present on his new book,
LINCOLN ON THE VERGE: THIRTEEN DAYS TO WASHINGTON
A gripping account of Lincoln’s train journey to his 1861 Inauguration, which included a speaking stop in Peekskill.
The Lincoln Society in Peekskill, NY
Announces its 116th Annual
Dinner-Time Event and Fund Raiser
To Be Held Virtually (Yes, Virtually !!)
Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 7:00 PM Via Zoom
(Tired of Zoom Meetings? We Promise - This One Will Be Different !! )
Hear A Great Speaker !!!
DR. TED WIDMER – Author of the award-winning book
LINCOLN ON THE VERGE: THIRTEEN DAYS TO WASHINGTON
We encourage you to join us for this fantastic presentation.
Support Your Lincoln Society !!
Support Local Business - Order from a Local Restaurant (See Below)
Converse with Friends & Make New Ones !
On-Line Auction of Lincoln Memorabilia
Even A Little Living Room Dancing !!
Only $25 Contribution per Person – Tax Deductible (Additional Donations Welcome)
Receive Back a $10 Gift Certificate for a Local Restaurant*
Option to Buy Dr. Widmer’s Signed Book at a Discount
Go To: www.lincolnsocietyinpeekskill.org
Click on “2021 Annual Event” to access Sign-up Website.
*Gift Certificate, provided by a generous anonymous donor, will be sent to each registrant by return mail.
Thank You for your support of the History Community!
Here is the link for more information and to get your tickets.
BUY TICKETS HERE
Don’t miss this Great event with Dr. Ted Widmer and the Lincoln Society In Peekskill. Mark your calendars and buy your tickets for April 24, 2021.
ALSO
Your help is requested! and PLEASE SHARE! In 2008 the Lincoln Depot Foundation commissioned American sculptor Richard Masloski to create a larger than life-size sculpture of President Abraham Lincoln giving his speech at the Peekskill Train Depot on February 19, 1861. Thus, began a strong relationship between Richard and our Museum. A retrospective of Richard’s Lincoln and Civil War Sculptures was exhibited during the 2015 season, including MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT and Richard participated in many events and fundraisers throughout the years. Unfortunately, Richard was involved in a freak accident and passed away in 2018. The Lincoln Depot Foundation was recently offered the unique opportunity to acquire the one and only bronze casting of his wonderful sculpture, MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT . We see no more fitting tribute to our dear friend than to be able to display this sculpture in the Museum he loved so deeply, enabling generations to come to fully enjoy Richard Masloski’s powerful masterpiece, MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT! Please help us make this dream come true! THANK YOU!
MOODY, TEARFUL NIGHT April 14, 1865
President Lincoln, just moments before, had been shot by John Wilkes Booth.
A doctor and four soldiers carry him from Ford's Theatre to the rooming house across the street, where hours later he will die.
The Lincoln Depot Foundation and Museum commemorates Abraham Lincoln's inaugural visit and stop in Peekskill, NY, and highlights Peekskill's connection within the greater context of the Civil War Period, focusing on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, New York's significant role in the war, and the local Underground Railroad and their place in history.
https://gofund.me/30c57892
And speaking of the Lincoln Depot Museum, we have decided to re-open under the NYS museum regulations and covid protocol. Our schedule GRAN RE-OPENING weekend is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 1 and 2, 2021. (We have been closed for a full year and MUST open to generate income.) This will be a mostly OUTDOOR event with limited numbers of people at a time inside the museum and visitors center. Ken Serfass Will be at the Museum both days in his headquarters tent portraying General US Grant. He will be accompanied by many of his troops from the Army of the Potomac as they bivouac in the Wilderness awaiting their next campaign. Live musket firing, drills and campfire camaraderie will all be available for spectators to participate in, along with questioning General Grant on his upcoming offensive war plans. Don’t miss this fantastic weekend of Civil War History at the Lincoln Depot Museum in Peekskill on May 1 and 2. More details to follow but MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
Sincerely,
Paul R. Martin III
President, RCWRT
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The Rockland Civil War Round Table is a non-profit organization founded in 1995 by Ken Dudonis and John Speight, that serves Rockland and Westchester Counties in NY, and Northern New Jersey. We are dedicated to exploring, discussing, understanding and preserving the history of the American Civil War. We usually meet on a Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM, usually at Pearl River High School's Pirate Cove in Pearl River NY. Changes in the meeting location, time or date are announced in advance. We meet 11 times a year. Our July meeting is usually a local field trip. We secured a $250,000 Grant from NY State to repair and restore every single NY State Monument at Gettysburg. We have established a preservation fund and make regular donations to battlefield preservation groups and memorial associations. |
We make at least one long field trip a year to a battlefield with a recognized expert as our guide. We visited Gettysburg National Military Park in 2013, Lee’s Retreat from Gettysburg, PA and MD in 2012, Richmond Battlefield, VA in 2011, the Booth Escape Route, DC and VA in 2010 and Manassas Battlefield, VA in 2009. We have adopted the 124th NY Monument at Gettysburg and make at least one trip a year to “clean up” that position. This trip usually occurs in early to mid October.
Past speakers have included: Edward G.J. Richter, Sheriff James Kralik, Steve Laird, Guy Demasi, Charles La Rocca, Steven Wright, Jay Jorgensen, Thomas Dyja, Mike McAffee, Peter Vermilyea, Joe Bilby and many others. They have covered such diverse topics as, The Wilderness, Arms and Weapons, Civil War Music and Photography, North Carolina Troops, Richmond, Civil War Medicine and the Lincoln Assasination.
Annual dues for an individual are $30.00. Family and Junior memberships are also available. You are cordially invited to attend a few meetings to see if our Round Table is right for you.
For more information call Paul Martin at 914-245-8903. Or CONTACT US:
or fill out the enclosed membership form and mail it to: Rockland CWRT PO Box 849 Pearl River, NY 10965.
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Current Officers: Paul R. Martin III, President Peter Reiner, 1st VP Terry Harper, Treasurer
If you have a presentation that you think would interest our members, please contact Paul Martin at 914-245-8903 or at our mailing address or email us.
The RCWRT is proud to offer a Program Meeting Schedule featuring top historians and authors!
ALL meetings will be held in the PRHS Pirate Cove at 7:30 PM.
Pearl River High School Pirate Cove. 275 East Central Ave, Pearl River, NY, 10965.
Monthly meetings are held at the Pirate Cove at Pearl River High School
275 East Central Ave. Pearl River, NY 10965
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