Our Field Trip: Oct. 26–2

Please remember that we do not meet on the last Monday of October—instead, we go on our Annual Field Trip. Linda has done a wonderful job organizing our October 26th and 27th trip to the Nashville area.

Our Saturday, October 26th, guide is Joseph Ricci. He is the historian for the Battle of Franklin Trust. We will explore the significant battles of Columbia, Spring Hill, and Franklin. A drive to the Carnton Plantation will conclude Saturday’s stops. We will have a deli lunch at Rippa Villa. Saturday evening’s banquet will be a taste of southern cooking in Franklin. Our Sunday, October 27th, guide is Lee White, who led us on our tour of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in 2018. Lee is the author of Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.

Sunday’s itinerary is under discussion and will be primarily devoted to the Battle of Nashville. Sites will include the Peace Monument, Shy’s Hill, Fort Negley, and the Nashville National Cemetery. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in Nashville.

MRRT: Who We Are

When & Where We Meet

We meet on the last Monday of the month (except in October, when we go on our Annual Field Trip, and December, when we traditionally do not meet) at the Farmington Community Library, Farmington Branch, 23500 Liberty St. Farmington, MI 48335. (248) 553•0300 Meetings start at 6:30 p.m.

• Get Driving Directions to the Farmington Branch from MapQuest.
  
  
• Farmington Branch Library Location on Google Maps

What We Do

We meet monthly to hear from our members on the latest books, issues of preservation, and other items of Civil War interest. At each meeting, a keynote speaker provides a presentation on a Civil War topic. A monthly newsletter is send by email and also snail-mailed to members.

In addition, each October we take our Annual Field Trip, in which MRRT members travel to a Civil War battlefield for a weekend tour. Though the COVID-19 Pandemic has put a damper on our 2020 and 2021r Field Trips, we resumed in 2022.

Join Us—Become A Member

The monthly program is open to all, but only members receive the monthly newsletter and can participate in the MRRT annual field trip. Annual membership dues are $5 for students and $25 for all others. The dues are used to cover expenses for speakers, facilities, preservation and administrative costs. Checks should be made out to Jeanie Graham and can be mailed to her home at 29835 Northbrook, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2326. The bank does NOT like checks made out to the Roundtable. Our checks may also be brought to our monthly meeting and given to Jeanie. Cash is always welcome.

For information on how to join the MRRT, come visit us at our monthly meeting, or email Jim Burroughs.

Past CWRT Online Lectures / Speakers

Did you know that all of the videos the Civil War Round Table Congress (CWRT) has recorded are available to you on our website? In all, there are well over 200 lectures by authors and historians, living history presentations, interviews with key Civil War community leaders, online classroom discussions and more. These lectures are pre-recorded YouTube-type videos made from the original Zoom presentations. You can browse them here. Be sure to click on the blue links that are in all caps serving as the title for each lecture.