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 Speaker: Mike Richardson "Considering General Lee"
THE BUGLE No.80 due
19 March Guest Speaker:Jack Ford "Early Aussie computer ACW games"
31 March Member Fee due
16 April Guest Speaker: Stephen Booker-Mclay "A Trail of Blood on Ice: the Civil War in the Indian Territory 1861"
THE BUGLE No.81 due
21 May Guest Speaker: Mike Richardson "Furtherest North, the 1864 St Albans, Vermont Raid"
18 June Annual General Meeting & SHOW & TELL session
THE BUGLE No.82 due
16 July Guest Speaker: TBA
20 August Guest Speaker: Danny Allsopp "Cherokee General Stand Watie"
22-23 August "HISTORY ALIVE a journey through time", Rocklea Showgrounds: ACW camp, displays, public talks each day
THE BUGLE No.83 due
17 September Guest Speaker: TBA
15 October: Guest Speaker: TBA
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