Civil War Round Table of Leisure World
Silver Spring, Maryland

Past Meetings & Events

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
2pm
Clubhouse 1, Montgomery Room

Civil War Round Table of Leisure World
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
2pm
Clubhouse 1, Montgomery Room

Our speaker was Clarence Hickey who portrays, in period dress, Dr. Edward Stonestreet: Physician and Civil War Surgeon, Rockville, Maryland. A member of our group recently heard this presentation and says it is extremely interesting. We will learn what a Civil War doctor did and how he went about his work, in a most entertaining way. 

Clarence Hickey is a biologist and environmental protection specialist, recently retired from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science in Germantown. The author of Narrative History of the Families of Charles Edward Allen & Sarah Francis Berry, Clarence also compiled a first person oral history of Howard Tomlinson, his father-in-law who served as an Army Air Corps flyer during WWII. An Army hospital medic during the Vietnam era, Clarence has studied Civil War medicine at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland. He is also the head of the Speakers Bureau of the Montgomery County Historical Society. 

Clarence Hickey is an interpretive docent with the Montgomery County Historical Society's (MCHS) Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine in Rockville, MD, and a re-enactor with the MCHS Speakers Bureau (www.montgomeryhistory.org).  He was the MCHS 2005 and 2009 Volunteer of the Year, the 2009 recipient of the Wagman Award for Historic Preservation Communication from Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation Ltd., and the 2009 Montgomery County Executive’s Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Volunteer Award.  He portrays historic Rockville physician Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet who practiced medicine for 51 years (1852-1903) and was a Civil War Surgeon with the U. S. Army.  His living history portrayals, some in first person Chautauqua format, his writings, and Power Point slide shows discuss: the Doctor’s life and times, medical education, practice, and Civil War service; 19^th century medicine; and Civil War medicine and its effects on civilian medical practice. Through the MCHS Speakers Bureau, Clarence takes the historic doctor to public and private community events, organizations, and into the schools.  In 2007, Clarence was recognized by Montgomery County Public Schools for outstanding and long term volunteer service.  

Clarence is a biologist (BS, MS) and was an U.S. Army hospital medic during the Vietnam era. He has trained with the Frederick, MD, Historic Sites Consortium’s Master Docent Series, and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, MD, of which he is a member. He is a member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons. Clarence has written historical articles on: the experiences of a World War II B-24 navigator in the Army Air Corps; the local, national, and natural histories of the federal government’s Department of Energy site at Germantown, Maryland; and his Irish family history. He is a retired federal civil servant in environmental sciences and has served as a volunteer interpretive nature guide. He is an Elder and member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD, where he served as Clerk of Session. 

Clarence Hickey portraying Dr. Edward E. Stonestreet (1830-1903) with a Tiger Cub Scout Den in front of the Stonestreet Museum of 19^th Century Medicine

Civil War Round Table of Leisure World
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
2pm
Clubhouse 1, Annapolis Room

The Civil War is the most interesting event in American history, affecting everything that has happened in this country since then — race relations, federal government powers, states’ rights, economic issues, military issues, medicine. In addition, there are many fascinating stories about the Civil War, including duels, old fashioned ideas of honor, and unusual personalities. And the most important Civil War sites are very close to us.

Therefore, those of us in Leisure World who are interested in the Civil War are forming an organization called a Civil War Round Table. There are dozens of similar groups around the country. We plan to have meetings where we will invite speakers, maybe take trips, and share information and learn more about the Civil War.

If you have any questions, please contact Paul M. Bessel at paul@bessel.org or 240-669-8587

 

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