THE DELAWARE VALLEY CWRT FUTURE EVENTS
April 21 – Saturday – 6:00
pm – Preservation Dinner sponsored by Old Baldy CWRT,
Radisson Hotel. Cost $30 per person – Featured Guest Speaker Senator Glenn F.
McConnell, Chairman Friends of the CSS Hunley Commission. Topic: The
Raising and Preservation of the CSS Hunley. Proceeds to benefit
preservation of the CSS Hunley.
Cash bar 6:00 pm, Dinner 7:00 pm. Door prizes and raffle prizes. For
more info call Mike Cavanaugh (215)725-3602.
April 28-29 – Saturday & Sunday – Reenactment at Neshaminy State Park. Action on the Upper Potomac, 1861: the Battles of Dranesville and Ball's Bluff. Sutlers, heritage groups, lecture series, period music, demonstrations and much more. Free admission for spectators. For more information :
http://www.dvsconsulting.com/neshaminy
SAVE MONTGOMERY CEMETERY IN NORRISTOWN, PA
The Historical Society of Montgomery County has recently purchased the cemetery in Norristown. The last resting place of such notables as Generals Winfield Scott Hancock, Samuel Zook, John Hartranft. This cemetery is in dire need of repair and restoration. There is also a Civil War Era Gatehouse that is in disrepair. The Delaware Valley CWRT is selling the bricks from General Winfield Scott Hancock's father's house. This is the house that Hancock went to recover after his wounding at Gettysburg. For a donation of $25.00 you can own a brick or donate it to the wall of support which will be built near the gatehouse. Due to the delicate nature of the bricks, they must be picked up in person.
You can take part in this worthwhile cause by making a contribution of $25.00 or more to the Montgomery County Historical Society and mail care of the Delaware Valley CWRT, P.O. Box 63006, Philadelphia, Pa. 19114-0806. For further information contact Mike Tolle at 610-272-0297.
90TH PA MONUMENT RESTORATION
The Preservation Committee of the Delaware Valley CWRT has raised closed to $4000.00 for the restoration of the 90th Pa. monument at Gettysburg on Oak Ridge. This monument was vandalized in July, 1999. If you wish to help please send please contact:
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