ANNOUNCEMENT: COMING EVENT: July 14 , 2015
The Grand Prairie Civil War Round Table Meeting will be held at the Lonoke County Museum in downtown
Lonoke at 215 South East Front Street, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Feel free to join us as Wesley Cole will be speaking on embalming during the Civil War. Cole, who is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in central Arkansas, is the current Commander of General Robert C. Newton Camp #197 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Little Rock. Embalming was at its very beginning at the start of the war,
over 40,000 soldiers were embalmed and sent home for proper burials.
All members of the GPCWRT are invited as are the Lonoke County Museum members, as well as anyone that is interested in the Civil War. As always, there is no admission fee, and everyone is welcome to attend the presentation. For additional information, call 501-676-6750.
Membership dues are still just $20 and are currently due.
New members and guests are always welcome.
Linda T. Acrey
V/P GPCWRT
PO BOX 873
Lonoke, Arkansas