Comments on: 150th Anniversary Events - upcoming and ongoing http://www.historynet.com/150th-anniversary-events-upcoming-and-ongoing-2.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 25 May 2013 03:21:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Donna Nordstrom http://www.historynet.com/150th-anniversary-events-upcoming-and-ongoing-2.htm#comment-822180 Donna Nordstrom Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:35:05 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685982#comment-822180 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2012 For more information, please contact: Diane Sanders, Reddick Mansion Association 815-252-4639 Chuck Sanders, Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Association, 815-993-8109 “Lincoln and His Generals: LaSalle County at War” 2nd Annual Civil War Commemorative Weekend April 19-21, 2013 Ottawa, IL Events will include screenings of PBS special, “The Devil Has His Day”, about Gen. Wm. H. L. Wallace and the Battle of Shiloh; Guided tours of the Dickey-Wallace Cemetery; Medical tent and medical demonstrations; Civil War encampment in historic Washington Square, home of the 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate; Displays of Civil War memorabilia and period clothing; Civil War music; Keynote presentation by noted Civil War author and historian, Rob Girardi. All events are open to the public; some will be free, others with a minimal fee. All proceeds will be used for the maintenance and upkeep of the W.H. L. Wallace monument and Dickey family cemetery, where General Wallace is buried. For more information, please contact the Reddick Mansion Association at contact@reddickmansion.org or the Ottawa Avenue Cemetery at www.ottawaavenuecemetery.com. PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2012

For more information, please contact:
Diane Sanders, Reddick Mansion Association 815-252-4639
Chuck Sanders, Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Association, 815-993-8109

“Lincoln and His Generals: LaSalle County at War”
2nd Annual Civil War Commemorative Weekend
April 19-21, 2013
Ottawa, IL

Events will include screenings of PBS special, “The Devil Has His Day”, about Gen. Wm. H. L. Wallace and the Battle of Shiloh; Guided tours of the Dickey-Wallace Cemetery; Medical tent and medical demonstrations; Civil War encampment in historic Washington Square, home of the 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate; Displays of Civil War memorabilia and period clothing; Civil War music; Keynote presentation by noted Civil War author and historian, Rob Girardi. All events are open to the public; some will be free, others with a minimal fee. All proceeds will be used for the maintenance and upkeep of the W.H. L. Wallace monument and Dickey family cemetery, where General Wallace is buried. For more information, please contact the Reddick Mansion Association at contact@reddickmansion.org or the Ottawa Avenue Cemetery at http://www.ottawaavenuecemetery.com.

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