The Civil War Round Table of Kansas City holds its monthly dinner meetings on the third Wednesday of each month.

The Round Table meets at the Milburn Country Club, 7501 W. 69th Street in Overland Park, KS. 

There is a social event, including a Cash Bar, which begins at 5:00 p.m. The meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dinner 

A dinner reservation is required to attend. You must make your dinner reservation known to our meeting coordinator, Marlene Natoli (contact info is in the newsletter), on or before the Tuesday prior to the meeting. The cost of the dinners is $34.00 per person.

There are several options available for making a dinner reservation:

• We recommend using our Online Dinner Reservation page.
  • Choose the "Pay at the Door" option. If you prefer to pay at the door, please email an RSVP to Marlene Natoli (e-mail address:  marnatoli@att.net)
• Mail a check, made out to the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, for $34.00 per person to: Dick Titterington 4125 NW Willow Dr, Kansas City, MO 64116.
• Our deadline for reservation changes is the preceding Tueday afternoon, so promptly report any necessary adjustments to Marlene Natoli at marnatoli@att.net or 913-764-1336.

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2025 Speakers

Wednesday, January 15, 2025: Chris Kolakowski will be speaking aobut his new book titled: Tenth Army Commander: The World War II Diary of Simon Boliver Buckner, Jr.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025: Arnold Schofield will be speaking about Colonel Jennison’s raiders.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025: David Connon will be speaking about Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and the Iowa Underground Railroad.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025: Round Table member Todd Stettner will be giving a program about Judah Benjamin, who served as a U.S. Senator from Lousiana and who served as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State for the Confederacy.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025: Dr. Jared Peatman will give a program titled: “The long Shadow of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.”

Wednesday, June 18, 2025: Dr. Joeseph M. Beilein, Jr speaking about his book, A Man By Any Other Name: William Clarke Quantrill and the Search for American Manhood.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025: A. Wilson Greene speaking about the Petersburg Campaign.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025: Round Table member Arnold Schofield will give a program titled: “A Brief History of Jennison’s Jayhawkers or the 7th
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.”

Wednesday, September 17, 2025: Round Table member Dr. David Meyers will be giving a program about Civil War Medicine..

Wednesday, October 15, 2025: Mr. Joseph Ricci from the Franklin Battlefield Trust with a program "Lessons of the Civil War Are Still Relevant Today."

Wednesday, November 19, 2025: David N. Duncan, President of the American Battlefield Trust, will be giving a program about Battlefield Preservation.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025: David Von Drehle will be giving a program about his book titled: Rise to Greatness – Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year.

2026 Speakers

January 21, 2026: 

February 18, 2026: 

March 18, 2026: 

April 15, 2026: 

May 20, 2026: 

June 17, 2026: 

July 15, 2026:  

August 19, 2026: 

September 16, 2026: 

October 21, 2026: 

November 18, 2026: 

December 16, 2026: