Meeting Time: Second Wednesday of each month.
Place: Pierre's Restaurant 3430 Shore Crest Dr. Overlooking Bachman Lake.
On the North side of Love Field in Dallas, Texas.
Time: 6:00 Dinner-7:00 Program
This page is designed to provide our speakers with helpful information regarding the Civil War Round Table of Dallas. Below you will find information on our group, newsletter and website, directions to our meeting location, emergency phone numbers, and meeting guidelines.
We are the Civil War Round Table of Dallas
We're actually a very friendly group of Civil War history enthusiasts who come from a wide variety of backgrounds. We have held more than 180 meetings over 15 years and are still going strong. Our membership is unique in that we count among our members nationally known historians including Dr. Grady McWhiney, Jack Waugh, Dr. Steven Woodworth, Dr. Glenn Linden and Scott Bowden. Our average attendance runs between 40-60 persons.
Each year the CWRT Dallas presents the Grady McWhiney Award of Merit. Below are the past recipients.
1998: Grady McWhiney, Ph.D.
1999: Charles and Peggy Pearce: Pearce Collection of Civil War Letters and Documents
2000: John C. Waugh: Author of The Class of 1846 and Reelecting Lincoln, the Battle for the 1864 Presidency
2001: Scott Bowden and Bill Ward: Authors of Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campaign
2002: Steve Woodworth, Ph.D.: Author of Numerous Books on the Civil War, Professor of History at Texas Christian University
2003: Donald S. Frazier, Ph.D.: Civil War Historian and Executive Director of the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation
Meeting Format
We love our speakers!
Our meeting format is designed to give maximum time to the speaker with a minimum of announcements. The typical presentation begins at 7:00pm and runs about 50 minutes. A 10 to 15 minute question-answer time is held after the presentation. We encourage authors to bring copies of their books for sale to interested members.
Please try to arrive just before 6:00pm. That will give you time to relax and enjoy your meal prior to the presentation.
Contact Information
Your primary contact for the CWRT Dallas is Pax Glenn and he may be reached at 214-766-6230. The secondary contact is Gerry York at 214-559-2452. Frank Braswell handles the newsletter and website and can be reached at 214-357-2642.
Emergency Contact Information
If you are detained and will arrive later than 6:00pm and you need to contact someone on the evening of the meeting, one of the following three people will have their cell phone with them.
Pax Glenn: 214-766-6230
Gerry York: 214-704-9047
Frank Braswell: 214-542-1865
Click on the Pierre's Restaurant link for a map to our meeting place. If you need detailed directions to Pierre's Restaurant, you can contact them at 214-358-2379.
Newsletter and Website
We need some information.
The CWRT Dallas maintains a website at www.cwrtdallas.org and distributes a monthly newsletter to its members. The front page of the newsletter is devoted to the speaker and presentation information. A picture of the speaker is also included.
Newsletter and Website Content
There is room for about 300-400 words of content on the front page of the newsletter. The content is split between the speaker's bio and presentation information. The same content is used for the Upcoming Program Detail on the website. Please email the information to Frank Braswell.
Speaker Picture
The picture can be emailed to the newsletter editor in digital form or sent via snail mail. Mailed photographs can be color or black & white and should be in a glossy format. Please do not send newspaper/magazine photos or laser/inkjet images since they don't scan well. Contact Frank Braswell for mailing information.
Speaker Links
As a service to our members, each month a speaker's personal page is added to the CWRT Dallas website. It is linked from the Links page. If you have a personal web page, interesting Civil War links or links to your books or publications we will be glad to link to them from the CWRT Dallas website.
Deadline
Content for the newsletter must be received about 8 weeks prior to your presentation. This allows us to update the website with all your information 4 weeks prior to your visit.
