The Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc., and the Save Historic Antietam Foundation Inc. (SHAF) are co-sponsoring a book signing dinner on Saturday, March 16 at the War Memorial Building in Shepherdstown, WV. The dinner will celebrate the publication of Dr. Tom Clemens’s second volume of Ezra Carmen’s The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 and the publication of Dennis Frye’s book: September Suspense: Lincoln’s Union in Peril. Tom is the president of SHAF and Professor Emeritus of Hagerstown Community College. Dennis is Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
The book signing will be from 6:00 – 7:00PM during a cocktail hour. Dinner will be served afterwards. After dinner, Tom and Dennis will discuss the subject of their books. In addition, an auction of Civil War related items will be held at the dinner. The cost is $45 per plate. More details and reservations can be made at: http://www.battleofshepherdstown.org/Dinner2013.html
If you would like to donate a Civil War related item to the auction, please let us know. We hope to see you all on March 16.