Bruce Allardice joined the Chicago CWRT in 1987, has served as president of that group, and is currently president of the Northern Illinois CWRT. They meet on the first Friday of the month in the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. They also offer hybrid meetings with live and Zoom.
"The Civil War ended almost 160 years ago, and yet we are still talking about it," says Allardice. "There's nothing comparable to CWRTs with regard to World War I or II, even the Revolutionary War. The issues are still with us."
One of his favorite battle site experiences was walking the path of Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, he remembers.
"It was a real revelation," he recalls. "I don't know how the [Confederate] soldiers got as far as they did, advancing into those Union guns."
--Old Secesh
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