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Jennifer C.S. Brylinski, President and Newsletter Editor
The Colonel Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table
Is Proud to Invite You To Our Annual Dinner!
Please join us for another exceptional Annual Dinner Meeting to be held on Tuesday,
May 20, 2008, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the beautiful Lafayette House located in
the Old Lafayette Village at the intersection of Routes 15 and 94, in Lafayette, New
Jersey.
Cost of the tickets are $25.00 each and can be obtained by sending a check for the
full amount to Candace Stout, P.O. Box 1279, Montague, NJ 07827.
As part of our Dinner Meeting, the winner of our county-wide 2008 Civil War Essay
Contest will be recognized and awarded their first-place prize. The essay contest
has become a yearly competition that pays tribute to the memory of one of the
Round Table’s founding members, Ron Keller.
Our illustrious speaker for the Dinner Meeting is Robert MacAvoy, co-author of the
book Our Brothers Gone Before. This incredible two volume set of reference books
documents over 40,000 Civil War veteran (both North and South) burials in the state
of New Jersey. Though the project to collect this information began in 1989 and the
books were published in 2006, Mr. MacAvoy is still searching for an additional
10,000 veterans who had ties to New Jersey, but whose final burial place has not
been documented. At our meeting, Mr. MacAvoy will give an overview of his
remarkable effort and highlight some of the fascinating Civil War veteran burials
located in Sussex County, NJ.
Each year our Annual Dinner Meeting has been a wonderful opportunity to enjoy
each other’s company, eat great food, and hear a fascinating speaker. Checks for
the dinner must be received before Tuesday, May 13th, so get that money in now!
Remember: The Dinner Meeting is our last meeting of the season. Meetings
will resume in September. So have a great summer!
The Colonel Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table provides educational programs,
tours, and fellowship for individuals interested in the Civil War Era. For more
information please call Jennifer at 845-295-2603 during work hours, or check out the
Round Table’s website at www.ryersoncwrt.com