GDG- AMART (somewhat O/T)

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Hi Tom.  I can't explain why you haven't heard of AMART - they have run some very interesting seminars with some excellent speakers over the years.  I am a member of several of the member 
CWRTs and have attended many of the seminars over the years.  As far as I can remember the group was started by the CWRTs that were in the local Phila area.  Dover is not exactly "local" around here.  It was a way for all the CWRTs to pool their resources and bring in some big named authors/speakers that one CWRT could not afford on its own.  I am sure there is more to it than that - but I am lucky if I can remember yesterday, let alone what happened 13 years ago.  (Although remember something that happened between the years 1861-1863 seems to stick in my mind!)

Perhaps there are some other GDGers who have attended the seminars who know more.

Paula

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> According to the "Round Table Review" column in Civil War News an 
> organization called the Association of Mid-Atlantic Civil War Round Tables 
> (AMART) has been in existance for some 13 years. Even though I have been a 
> member of Round Tables in Maryland and Delaware for about the past 20 years, 
> I have never heard of this organization. 
> 
> It is described as a consortium comprised of some 12 Civil War history 
> groups and institutions from the Delawre Valley area. They are conducting 
> their annual symposium on September 22 on the topic of "History of the 
> Pennsylvania Reserve Corps: Shock Troops of the Union." 
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with this group, and why do you think it is 
> not well known. Our R/T in Dover, Delaware is certainly "Mid-Atlantic," 
> but, as far as I know, we have never been contacted by AMART to join. 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
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