Civil War Round Table will meet

Civil War Round Table will meet
                        

The Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table will meet Thursday, Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the Dover Public Library. The featured presenter will be Mark Holbrook, who will present Ohio in the Civil War.

“With troops, generals, factories and farms, Ohio and Ohioans helped to change the outcome of the Civil War,” Holbrook said. “And that war changed Ohio and its people. We’ll explore those changes and take a look at the contributions of Ohio and its people during America’s Civil War — its citizens, politicians, soldiers, nurses and businessmen.”

Holbrook is currently the executive director for the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Prior to that, Holbrook served as the marketing manager at the Ohio History Connection for nine years and has been a consultant for tourism and history-based organizations for 12 years. He is a native Ohioan, graduate of the Ohio State University with a BA in Communications and an avid student of history.

Holbrook is the editor of the The Buckeye Vanguard about the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He recently retired from a 20-year career as a Civil War reenactor, serving as a Union officer throughout the country at such places as Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Richmond and Shiloh. Holbrook also served as military coordinator for the film “Light of Freedom,” released in fall 2013, and had a supporting role in the 2015 film “Wings of the Wind.” Holbrook served on the Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Committee for the State of Ohio and has appeared in several history-themed television programs.

Funding for Ohio in the Civil War was made possible by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program is free.

The Dover Public Library is located at 525 N. Walnut St. Call 330-343-6123.


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