Meeting Schedule
HOW TO JOIN:
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Attend any ACWRTQ monthly meeting or public event attended by the ACWRTQ, complete a membership form and make your fee payment directly to the club treasurer. 2020 Fees: individual $20 p.a or family $30 p.a.
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Contact Jack Ford on 3266 3534 or jackford@bigpond.net.au and he will post you a membership form to complete. Then post this form plus a cheque/money order to: ACWRTQ treasurer, 7 Station Avenue, Northgate, Qld. 4013.
ACWRTQ MEETINGS:
The American Civil War Round Table of Qld holds a meeting on the third Thursday of the month (except December) in the downstairs (Submariners Association Qld Room) of the Coorparoo RSL & Community Club at 45 Holdsworth St. Coorparoo 4151. Ph. 33979955. Meetings commence at 7.30 PM with a guest speaker or other presentation & conclude at 9 PM.
above: Coorparoo RSL pre-meeting dining
2019 MEETINGS & EVENTS
17 January Show & Tell/Auction: Sheryl Backhouse donating 2 boxes of ACW books
21 February Guest Speaker: Danny Allsopp "2 Remarkable ACW Heroines"
THE BUGLE No. 75
21 March Guest Speaker: Jack Ford "Vicksburg Park 45 years ago"
31 March Members Fee due
18 April Guest Speaker: John Duncan "All at Sea- sortie against Union naval blockade, Hampton Roads, March 1862". Michelle Ellem: help identify 2 swords (ACW?);
16 May Guest Speaker: Stephen Booker-Mclay "The 1862 Missouri Battle that everyones heard of BUT knows little about" LONE JACK
15-16 June "HISTORY ALIVE -a Journey Through Time", Rocklea Showgrounds. ACWRTQ had display & raffle in the Ring plus public talks: Danny Allsopp- "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY in the ACW" & Jack Ford- "ACW VETERANS BURIED IN QLD" .
20 June Annual General Meeting & SHOW & TELL session
THE BUGLE No.76 joint-issue
18 July Guest Speaker: Bruce Dodd "ACW Quiz"
15 August Guest Speaker: Artie Rentoul "June019 Aussie Tour of Western Battlefields"
THE BUGLE No.77
29 August "THE NIGHTINGALE" film promotion - 8 free tickets to members
19 September guest speaker: Danny Allsopp "Colonel John Wilder"
17 October 2020 plans
THE BUGLE No.78
21 November no guest speaker due to Christmas party/ACW film night: "THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE" (1956)
December THE BUGLE No.79
2020 MEETINGS & EVENTS
16 January SHOW & TELL session & fee renewal
20 February Guest Speker: Michael Richardson "About General Lee" & Discuss the ACWRTQ role at "HISTORY ALIVE"
THE BUGLE No.80
19 March Cancelled due to COVID19 Lockdown
31 March Member Fee due
16 April Cancelled due to COVID19 Lockdown
THE BUGLE No.81
21 May Cancelled due to COVID19 Lockdown
18 June Annual General Meeting & SHOW & TELL -Gold Coast Gun Club, Bemont
THE BUGLE No.82
16 July Guest Speaker: Danny Allsopp "Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie" -Gold Coast Gun Clubhouse, Belmont Sports Complex
20 August Guest Speaker: Jack Ford "1990s Aussie ACW Computer Games" return to Coorparoo RSL downstairs meeting room
22-23 August "HISTORY ALIVE a journey through time", Rocklea Showgrounds: Cancelled due to COVID 19 restrictions
THE BUGLE No.83
17 September Guest Speaker: TBA
15 October: Guest Speaker: Mike Richardson "Strike from Canada - the 1864 St Albans Vermont Raid"
THE BUGLE No.84 due
19 November no guest speaker due to Christmas party/ACW film night: "HIGH FLYING SPY" (1972)
December THE BUGLE No.85 due