| The San Joaquin Valley Civil War Round Table, American Legion Post 147 of Clovis, the Central California Chapter of the Association of the United States Army, and Civil War Round Table Associates of Little Rock, Arkansas, in memory of Jerry Russell, invite you to the 24th Annual West Coast Civil War Round Table Conference November 7-9, 2008 Clovis, California (adjacent to and northeast of Fresno) “Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley” Featuring: Robert K. Krick, Jeffry Wert, Jim Stanbery, Evan Jones, Don and Bill Bennett, David Paul Davenport, and Emily and Olivia Moats, in a one-act play based on the Civil War diaries of Laura Lee, Secessionist, and Julia Chase, a Unionist, residents of Winchester, Virigina. The Brass Band of the Central California Chapter of the Association of the United States Army will regale registrants with music of the period on Friday the 7th before dinner. A special showing of Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart will be presented in the barely a year old theater/auditorium of the Veterans Memorial Building on Friday the 7th at 9 pm. An optional tour on Saturday the 8th from 9 am to noon features a tour of the Fresno home of Dr. Meux (portrayed by Charles Baley), an assistant surgeon in the 9th Tennessee Vol. Inf. (C.S.A.) who moved to Fresno after losing his slaves and other valuables as a result of the war, and a tour to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial and internments of Union Veterans of the War at Fresno’s Mountain View Cemetery, led by G.A.R. historian Fred Bohmfalk of Elk Grove. Bloody Shenandoah, narrated by Burgess Meredith, will be shown at approximately 9 p.m. Following the Keynote Address after dinner on Saturday the 8th. Hundreds of books will be for sale, information about a tour of the Shenandoah Valley in 2009 will be available, and civil war artifacts and weaponry will be displayed. ----------------------------------------------------------- Comfort Suites (143 Clovis Ave, 559-299-9992) and Best Western Clovis Cole (415 Clovis Ave, 559-299-1547) hotels in Old Town Clovis have reserved blocks of rooms for us at only $109.00 for a double room. Ask for the Civil War Conference Rate. The meeting will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Building at Hughes and 6th less than two blocks from the two hotels. The registration fee of $175.00, includes six meals (Dinner Friday the 7th, breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday the 8th, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday the 9th). |