Already mentioned in this series was them very first Civil War Round Table CWRT) which started in 1940 by Ralph Newman, owner of the Abraham Lincoln Bookstore in Chicago. This remains the premier CWRT.
Robert Girardi is a historian, prolific author, speaker, former Chicago police detective and past president of the Chicago CWRT. He has been a frequent presenter at CWRT meetings across the country.
"At my first meeting in 1982, I was the youngest person in the room," Girardi recalls. "We used to meet at a downtown Chicago hotel, but now we meet at the Holiday Inn Oak Brook, near O'Hare Airport. Our gatherings are the second Friday of the month, 5:30 p.m. for cocktails, then dinner.
"Programs start at 7:15 p.m.. One of our members videotapes the presentations, then posts them on You Tube."
--Old Secesh
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