Each year the Pony Express National Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, sponsors a series of "lectures" designed to honor our heritage and history. Coming up in January and February, 2011, this year's TUESDAY NIGHT TALKS will deal with many aspects of the civil war. The programs are free (although they do "pass the hat"). Everyone is welcome! Refreshments are served prior to the program. A "question and answer" session usually follows the programs.

Following is the schedule for the coming series, which will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War:

TUESDAY NIGHT TALKS 2011

Pony Express National Museum Community room
914 Penn St.
St. Joseph, Missouri

Call 816-279-5059 for information or directions.
Doors open at 6:15, speaker at 7:00.

1-11-2011: Southern Belle—Carlene Makawski

1-18-2011: St. Joseph in the early days of the Civil War—Sarah Elder

1-25-2011: The Fiddlers Three Civil War Music—Candise Schmidling

2-01-2011: The Missouri Civil War Archives—Becky Carlson

2-08-2011: Caldwell and Sam; Civil War Soldiers--The Dunlap Diaries;

A Conversation with “Caldwell”, “Sam”, and Suzanne

Words Written 150 years Ago Come to Life--Suzanne Lehr

2-15-2011: A soldier’s wife as a camp follower—Barbara Bulla

Of particular interest might be the program on Feb. 8--Mrs. Lehr, while researching burials at Mt. Mora Cemetery in St. Joseph, found diaries written by these two brothers (Confederate soldiers) who served in the same unit during the Civil War. She was able to obtain permission to publish the diaries and has two excellent books to her credit.