#1 Friday 15 April 2016 1900-2000
Glenn Williams Siege Warfare at Yorktown, Virginia, as Reflected in George Washington’s Daily Orders
#2 Saturday 16 April 2016 0900-1000
Craig Bell Boyle & Gamble
#3 Saturday 16 April 2016 1000-1100
Tom Bailey – Historical Ordnance Works Restoration of historical vehicles
#4 Saturday 16 April 2016 1100-1200
Steven M. Baule 18th Foot, Royal Irish Regiment of Foot
An overview of the demographic makeup of the rank and file of the Royal Irish Regiment while it served in North America, including the modifications to its uniform and equipment as gleaned from primary sources.
#5 Saturday 16 April 2016 1300-1400
William K. Emerson WWI Uniforms/Insignia
#6 Saturday 16 April 2016 1400– 500
Gerald Roxbury The US Navy in the Mexican-American War
#7 Saturday 16 April 2016 1500 --1600
George F. Franks, III Final Battle of the Gettysburg Campaign: Falling Waters
Making extensive use of first-hand accounts, detailed maps, period drawings and photographs to breathe life into the crucial, yet little remembered, end of the Gettysburg Campaign.
#8 Special Music Presentation and speaker
The Pipe Sergeant who will pipe in the colors at dinner will, during the reception time preceding dinner, discuss the music of, and Scottish regiments at, Waterloo
Substitute Speaker
Walter H. Bradford From Gettysburg to the Gulf: The Soldiers’ Load Through the Years
An examination of the content, weight and cost of the clothing, arms and equipment of the dismounted enlisted man from official Army documents, during conflicts of the 19th century and 20th century, as a source of logistical and historical inquiry. |