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The mission of the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City is to promote historical, educational, literary, and preservation activities related to the Civil War.
572nd Regular Meeting
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Milburn Golf and Country Club 7501 West 69th Street, Overland Park, KS 66204 Social hour begins at 5:00 p.m. and dinner is at 6:00 p.m.
This meeting will include a plated dinner at a cost of $35.00 per person. Reservations are required in order to attend the dinner meeting.
Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, March 11. To make a reservation, please contact Marlene Natoli (contact info in newsletter).
February 2025
Mr. David Connon will be giving a program titled: “Josiah Bushnell Grinnell and the Iowa Underground Railroad.” “Preacher,” “congressman,” “negro-stealer”:
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell was called all of those things during his life. He was called a negro-stealer because he participated in the Iowa Underground Railroad.
J.B. Grinnell and other Grinnell residents helped at least 37 fugitive slaves who passed through their town before the Civil War. But some residents opposed this work.
David Connon will tell a story of racism, noble actions and conflict. He will highlight abolitionist John Brown’s visit to Grinnell, and Grinnell’s first riot over the presence of fugitive slaves in the public school.
Dinner Menu
Milburn Golf and Country Club will serve the following meal at our dinner meeting: Italian sausage lasagna and asparagus with garlic bread. Dessert will be Tiramisu. All dinners are served with house salad with Milburn house dressing, sliced bread, iced tea, water, and coffee.
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February 2025
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS
OUR FEBRUARY MEETING WAS CANCELLED
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Round Table Now Accepting Digital Payments
The Civil War Round Table of Kansas City now accepts digital payments via the Square digital payment processing service. This process is simple to use and secure. Square charges the Round Table a fee for this service. If you decide to use this service, we add this fee to the total charge. For more information, please refer to our Round Table Digital Payments page.
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We received word from his step mother that Mike Epstein passed away on December 31, 2024. I first met Mike when he was looking to transition from being the Border Bugle Editor. When I volunteered to become the newsletter's editor, Mike, of course, was quite pleased. He made the transition almost painless (LOL!). Mike also facilitated my transition to become the Round Table's website adminstrator. Mike received our Round Table's Valiant Service Award in 2010 for all the great work he did over the years as Border Bugle Editor. We will miss him.
Member News
We would like to welcome the following new members:
- Terri Conner is an accountant and lives in Overland Park KS. She has Union ancesters from southwest Missouri and Confederate ancestors from the Appomattox area of Virginia.
- Liz Edmundson is a Registered Nurse (RN) and lives in Kansas City MO. She is also a member of the Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri.
- Tom Jones is retired and lives in St. Joseph MO. He has Union and Confederate ancesters and is primarily interested in the Trans-Mississippi region, the Missouri politcal split between radicals and conservatives, and emancipation.
It was good to see Arnold Schofield and his wife Clara at the July dinner meeting.
It was also good to see Phil and Mary Griffin at the July dinner meeting.
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