Category: Meetings and Events

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G.A.R. Museum

Saturday, September 22. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13th Annual Association of Mid-Atlantic Civil War Round
Tables (AMART) Symposium

“History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps – Shock Troops of
the Union”

Ritter Hall – Walk Auditorium, Main Campus, Temple
University. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Followed by an Honor Ceremony at Laurel Hill Cemetery for
PVRC commanders buried there at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
Distinguished speakers, book displays, artifacts, living
history.

Cost: $60. Includes: registration, breakfast, lunch, dinner
at Cemetery

Students free with ID.

Make check payable to “G.A.R. Civil War Museum”
Mail to G.A.R. Civil War Museum & Library
4278 Griscom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19124

Directions: http://www.temple.edu/maps/directions/main.htm
Ample parking at open lot 11th & Cecil B. Moore Ave.
For information;
215 – 289 – 6484 or garmuslib@verizon.net or see
www.garmuslib.org

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Concert in the Park

Legendary Drummer Butch Ballard & His Trio performed to an appreciative crowd tonight in Frankford’s Womrath park. This event was made possible by the Friends of Womrath Park, the Philadelphia Department of Recreation and a host of other people.

Only steps from the now idled Art Holiday theater, this was the first concert in a series of two. The next is scheduled for Wednesday September 19th at 6:30 PM. That concert will by a performance by the R&B group – Sparrow.