CALENDAR OF GENEALOGY AND CIVIL WAR-RELATED EVENTS January 8 through May 19, 2013
JANUARY:
Date: Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Topic: The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Speaker: Cori Olson, Executive Director of the Milton Historical Society
Sponsor: Rock County Civil War Roundtable
Location: Helen Jeffris Wood Center, 426 North Jackson Street, Janesville
Date: Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Topic: Civil War Medicine
Speaker: Elizabeth Jozwiak, Associate Professor of History, UW-Rock County
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
FEBRUARY:
Date: Thursday, Feb 7, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Topic: Beginning Genealogy (1st of 2 sessions)
Presenter: Carol Culbertson
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Beginning genealogy with Carol Culbertson: See what resources are available for discovering your family’s history, including local, regional and national archives and on-line materials and research aids.
Date: Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Event: Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday Party with musical entertainment
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Celebrate the 16th President’s 204th birthday with games, activities and contests for students, and cake and other treats for all. Hear live, Civil War-era music performed by violinist and vocalist Frank Medina, and listen to some of Lincoln’s stirring words.
MARCH:
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Topic: Beginning Genealogy (2nd session)
Presenter: Carol Culbertson
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society & Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Bring your finds and questions to this session for fine-tuning and suggestions from our expert genealogist.
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM Presenter: author Lance Herdegen
Topic: The Iron Brigade in Civil War and memory, The Black Hats from Bull
Run to Appomattox
Sponsor: Rock County Civil War Round Table
Location: Helen Jeffris Wood Center, 426 North Jackson Street, Janesville
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Time: 5:00 PM
Presenter: David McKay, Senior Lecturer in History, UW-Rock County
Topic: “Lincoln & Jefferson: Slavery, Religion, and the Civil War”
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
APRIL
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Presenter: Russell Horton, Reference and Outreach Archivist
Topic: “Finding Those Who Served: Genealogy Resources at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.”
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society & Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Learn how to use the extensive records and databases on Wisconsin’s Armed Services members in the archives of the Veteran’s Museum. There is no fee for the program, though we do welcome donations to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
MAY
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Facilitators: Jennifer Eager Ehle and John Decker
Topic: Planning Your History Road Trip
Sponsor: Grove Society and Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Have you taken a cross-country trip to discover your family’s roots or to explore the sites of historical events? If you have, share your story. If you haven’t but this idea sounds intriguing, come and find out about the trips taken by some genealogy and history buffs – how they did it and what they experienced.
Dates: Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, 2013
Third Annual “Rally ‘Round the Flag” Civil War Living History Weekend
Time: 8:00 PM on May 17 through 3:00 PM on May 19
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society
Location: Lake Leota Park in Evansville, except as noted below.
Contact number: 608-882-5528
Web site: www.grovesociety.org
Friday, May 17 7:30 PM Bus leaves Lake Leota Park (Lower Park Pavilion) for cemetery
8:00 Maple Hill Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Evansville, Cemetery History Theater and Civil War Memorial Program
9:30 Bus returns to Park
Saturday, May 18 9:00 AM Camps open to the public; road through camps closed to vehicles
9:15 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; infantry demonstration
10:15 1st Brigade Band Concert at Evansville Manor, 470 Garfield Avenue
10:30 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; artillery demonstration
1:00 PM Rededication of restored Civil War Memorial at Evansville City Hall, 39 South Madison Street
2:00 Parade from City Hall to Park via North Madison Street, with the 1st Brigade Band
2:30 1st Brigade Band Concert and Historical Program at Lake Leota Park
4:00 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; cavalry demonstration
5:00 Camps close to the public; road through camps reopened until 7:30
7:30 Camps reopen to the public; Songs ‘Round the Camp Fire with Frank Medina; Ice Cream Social (until 9:00) at the Upper Park Pavilion (ticketed; free for registered reenactors)
9:00 Camps close to the public
Sunday, May 19 9:00 AM Camps open to the public; Church Call at Upper Park Pavilion; road through camps closed to vehicles
10:30 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; cavalry demonstration
11:45 Artillery demonstration
Noon Victorian Tea (ticketed)and Presentation at Upper Park Pavilion, with Jessica Michna as Mary Todd Lincoln
2:00 PM WRC Flag Pole 75th Anniversary rededication, with the Woman’s Relief Corps, the SUVCW, and Boy Scout Troop 514
2:30 Artillery salute
3:00 Camps close to the public
(All events and times subject to change)
Invitees
Company K, 2nd Wis. Inf. Vols. Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
3rd Iowa Cavalry Historical Timekeepers
1st Brigade Band George Buss
Jessica Michna Brett Barker
Lance Herdegen Michael Edmonds
John Zimm Frank Medina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Woman’s Relief Corps
Boy Scout Troop 514 Various state and local dignitaries
JANUARY:
Date: Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Topic: The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Speaker: Cori Olson, Executive Director of the Milton Historical Society
Sponsor: Rock County Civil War Roundtable
Location: Helen Jeffris Wood Center, 426 North Jackson Street, Janesville
Date: Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013
Time: 10:30 AM
Topic: Civil War Medicine
Speaker: Elizabeth Jozwiak, Associate Professor of History, UW-Rock County
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
FEBRUARY:
Date: Thursday, Feb 7, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Topic: Beginning Genealogy (1st of 2 sessions)
Presenter: Carol Culbertson
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Beginning genealogy with Carol Culbertson: See what resources are available for discovering your family’s history, including local, regional and national archives and on-line materials and research aids.
Date: Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Event: Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday Party with musical entertainment
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library & Evansville Grove Society
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Celebrate the 16th President’s 204th birthday with games, activities and contests for students, and cake and other treats for all. Hear live, Civil War-era music performed by violinist and vocalist Frank Medina, and listen to some of Lincoln’s stirring words.
MARCH:
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Topic: Beginning Genealogy (2nd session)
Presenter: Carol Culbertson
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society & Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Bring your finds and questions to this session for fine-tuning and suggestions from our expert genealogist.
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM Presenter: author Lance Herdegen
Topic: The Iron Brigade in Civil War and memory, The Black Hats from Bull
Run to Appomattox
Sponsor: Rock County Civil War Round Table
Location: Helen Jeffris Wood Center, 426 North Jackson Street, Janesville
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Time: 5:00 PM
Presenter: David McKay, Senior Lecturer in History, UW-Rock County
Topic: “Lincoln & Jefferson: Slavery, Religion, and the Civil War”
Sponsor: Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
APRIL
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Presenter: Russell Horton, Reference and Outreach Archivist
Topic: “Finding Those Who Served: Genealogy Resources at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.”
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society & Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Learn how to use the extensive records and databases on Wisconsin’s Armed Services members in the archives of the Veteran’s Museum. There is no fee for the program, though we do welcome donations to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
MAY
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM
Facilitators: Jennifer Eager Ehle and John Decker
Topic: Planning Your History Road Trip
Sponsor: Grove Society and Eager Free Public Library
Location: Eager Free Public Library, 39 West Main Street, Evansville
Contact number: 608-882-2260
Have you taken a cross-country trip to discover your family’s roots or to explore the sites of historical events? If you have, share your story. If you haven’t but this idea sounds intriguing, come and find out about the trips taken by some genealogy and history buffs – how they did it and what they experienced.
Dates: Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, 2013
Third Annual “Rally ‘Round the Flag” Civil War Living History Weekend
Time: 8:00 PM on May 17 through 3:00 PM on May 19
Sponsor: Evansville Grove Society
Location: Lake Leota Park in Evansville, except as noted below.
Contact number: 608-882-5528
Web site: www.grovesociety.org
Friday, May 17 7:30 PM Bus leaves Lake Leota Park (Lower Park Pavilion) for cemetery
8:00 Maple Hill Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Evansville, Cemetery History Theater and Civil War Memorial Program
9:30 Bus returns to Park
Saturday, May 18 9:00 AM Camps open to the public; road through camps closed to vehicles
9:15 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; infantry demonstration
10:15 1st Brigade Band Concert at Evansville Manor, 470 Garfield Avenue
10:30 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; artillery demonstration
1:00 PM Rededication of restored Civil War Memorial at Evansville City Hall, 39 South Madison Street
2:00 Parade from City Hall to Park via North Madison Street, with the 1st Brigade Band
2:30 1st Brigade Band Concert and Historical Program at Lake Leota Park
4:00 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; cavalry demonstration
5:00 Camps close to the public; road through camps reopened until 7:30
7:30 Camps reopen to the public; Songs ‘Round the Camp Fire with Frank Medina; Ice Cream Social (until 9:00) at the Upper Park Pavilion (ticketed; free for registered reenactors)
9:00 Camps close to the public
Sunday, May 19 9:00 AM Camps open to the public; Church Call at Upper Park Pavilion; road through camps closed to vehicles
10:30 Program at Upper Park Pavilion; cavalry demonstration
11:45 Artillery demonstration
Noon Victorian Tea (ticketed)and Presentation at Upper Park Pavilion, with Jessica Michna as Mary Todd Lincoln
2:00 PM WRC Flag Pole 75th Anniversary rededication, with the Woman’s Relief Corps, the SUVCW, and Boy Scout Troop 514
2:30 Artillery salute
3:00 Camps close to the public
(All events and times subject to change)
Invitees
Company K, 2nd Wis. Inf. Vols. Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
3rd Iowa Cavalry Historical Timekeepers
1st Brigade Band George Buss
Jessica Michna Brett Barker
Lance Herdegen Michael Edmonds
John Zimm Frank Medina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Woman’s Relief Corps
Boy Scout Troop 514 Various state and local dignitaries
