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Everyone is welcome at our monthly meetings.
Attend the dinner and presentation, or just the presentation.
We meet September through June, generally on the second Friday evening of each month.
See list of meeting dates and speakers below for our 2009-2010 program year.
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Our meetings take place at the
Mart Plaza Holiday Inn
350 N. Orleans Street, Chicago
Validated hotel parking is $10
Click here for a map and directions
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5:30 pm Cash Bar
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Presentation
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Dinner is $40 per person – There is always a choice of entrée.
(Entrée options are listed below.)
Presentation only is $5 per person.
Payable at the door, cash or check.
Please make your reservation in advance by contacting us at (630)460-1865 or
chicagocwrtdinner@earthlink.net.
When you make your dinner reservation, please be sure to indicate your entrée choice.
February 12, 2010
 Abraham Lincoln’s motives
behind the Emancipation Proclamation are debated passionately and endlessly. Was it the ultimate statement of a man who
said, “If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong”? Or was it the desperate act of a commander-in-chief who was
losing a war?
Join us when Professor Paul Finkelman presents “Lincoln and Emancipation,” as he explores the complexities of this
document and helps us better understand what President Lincoln attempted on January 1, 1863, the day it was issued.
One of our most distinguished legal historians, Dr. Finkelman serves on the faculty of Albany Law School. The author of
over 25 books, including The Political Lincoln: An Encyclopedia (CQ Press, 2009), his noteworthy expertise on slavery, the
Civil War, constitutional law and Early American heritage sets him apart as an internationally respected scholar. Learn more about
him at
www.paulfinkelman.com.
Entrée choices are:
Lemon Chicken
Baked Orange Roughy
Fresh Fruit Plate
Sautéed Vegetables with Rice
See you soon!
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For our 2009-2010 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers.
September 11, 2009
Tom Chaffin, Research Professor of History, University of Tennessee
“The H.L. Hunley”
October 9, 2009
Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus of History, U.S. Naval Academy
Our Annual Nevins-Freeman Award Recipient
“The Blockade”
November 13, 2009
Patrick Schroeder, National Park Service Historian,
Appomattox Court House Park
“Myths About Lee’s Surrender”
December 11, 2009
Brooks Davis, Past President, The Civil War Round Table of Chicago
“Lincoln and Davis as War Leaders”
January 8, 2010
Robert I. Girardi, author and historian
“Railroad Defense in the Atlanta Campaign”
February 12, 2010
Paul Finkelman, Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy,
Albany Law School
“Lincoln and Emancipation”
March 12, 2010
Eric Jacobson, Historian, Carnton Plantation & Battlefield
“The Battle of Franklin”
April 9, 2010
David O. Stewart, Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP
“The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson”
May 14, 2010
William W. Freehling, Senior Fellow, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
“The Strange, Difficult Triumph of Southern Secession”
June 11, 2010
John V. Quarstein, Member, Board of Directors, Virginia War Museum
“The Battle of the Ironclads”
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