September 22-23, 2006 

PROGRAM

Everyone is Welcome to Attend the Opening of this Symposium, but from 10 – 11:30, we will adapt the USCT History Presentation to the level of school children. 

9:15 – Registration 

10:00 a.m.      Opening Ceremony (All School Students Invited to Attend)
                        Presentation of Colors by the 54^th Massachusetts
                        National Anthem
                        Opening Prayer
                        Special Musical
                        Presentation
                        Welcome
                        Announcements
 

10:30 a.m.      Presentations by Re-Enactors
                       54^th Massachusetts
                       Frederick Douglass
                       Ladies of the Civil War 

11:30 a.m.      The School Children will be excused 

12:00 noon     Lunch to be served 

1:00 p.m.        National Park Service:  Tracing Family History through their website, etc. 

1:30 p.m.        Dr. Frank Smith, Jr.
                       Founding Director, African American Civil War Memorial & Museum
                       Overall View of the Civil War and the AACW Memorial & Museum 

2:30 p.m.       Break

2:45 p.m.       Mr. Bennie McRae, Jr.
                      Civil War Researcher/Lecturer 
                  Website: http://www.lwfaam.net/cw/
                       Power Point Presentation on the USCT
                       “FREEDOM FIGHTERS” United States Colored Troops                                                                                                                                       
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.          Break

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5:00 p.m.                  Interim Activities Optional  (Films, etc.) 

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6:00 – 8:00 p.m.       Reception:  This reception is for the financial sponsors, government officials, educators, program participants, and symposium attendees. 

Presentation by Mr. Hari Jones
            Previews of  Saturday sessions.
            Re-enactor Performances
            Readings from soldiers!

 Saturday, September 23, 2006 

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.           Opening Remarks & Instructions, etc.                                                                                      Musical Presentation 

10:15 a.m. – 10:30. a.m.          Ms. Donise Stevens will portray Aunt Betty Thomas, known as the  owner of Fort Stevens, D.C. 

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.            Dr. B. F. Cooling (Noted Historian & Professor at the National Defense University) will be asked to speak on Fort Stevens and the necessity to save the nation’s Forts and other disappearing or forgotten historical landmarks of the Civil War. He is working with the Civil War Preservation Trust on just such a project.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.            Dr. C. R Gibbs  (Keynote Speaker)
                                                Noted Historian, Lecturer & Author
                                                Historian of the African American Diaspora                                                                                    Honoring the Civil War USC Troop No. 1                                                                                                                                                                                     
12:30  p.m. -  1:00 p.m..         Light Lunch

1:00  p.m. -  2::30 p.m.            Panel Discussion (listed alphabetically)

                                                            Dr. Cooling
                                                            Dr. Gibbs
                                                            Mr. Jones
                                                            Mr. McRae, Jr.
                                                            Dr. Smith, Jr.

  3:30 p.m.                               Closing Ceremony   

Wreath-Laying at the African American Civil War
10^th & U Streets, N.W.

Honoring the U.S. Colored Troops
Special Tribute to the First Regiment

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Full Conference Fee:                   45.00
One Day                                    25.00