Interested in military, political, and social Civil War history? New members are welcome!
(Elyria, Ohio August 20, 2025)—Quincy Gillmore Civil War Round Table starts its fifteenth season on Monday, September 8 at 7 p.m. with a special dual presentation. Lutheran West High School junior Myra Palomeque will share her National History Day Exhibit on the sinking of the Sultana steamship on April 27, 1865, which remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
Discover how she picked her topic, how the sinking of the Sultana fit the National History Day theme, her research process and personal connection to the Sultana, the details of the Sultana disaster, and the regional and state history day contests that she participated in.
The second part of the presentation will be given by Dave Ressler, the College Credit Plus U.S. history teacher and History Day coordinator at Lutheran West High School in Rocky River. Dave started researching family history while at Kent State and, over the past two years, he has worked with Deb Wagner, the curator of the 103rd OVI Museum, to create online profiles for each of the 1,105 veterans of the 103rd to inform the public and potential descendants about the 103rd Museum and Foundation.
Quincy Gillmore meets at Lorain County Community College in the iLoft Building, second floor, room 207. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Also mark your calendars:
• October 6, 2025: Engaging With Civil War History: Music, Storytelling, Poetry, Film, Theater, and Photography with Debra Rose and Bette Lou Higgins
• November 3, 2025: Amanda Manahan, Co-Chair of the Friends and Descendants of Johnson’s Island Civil War Prison, will share the history of the prison and the archaeological investigations over the past thirty years
• December 1, 2025: Author David Meyers will present “Three Perspectives on Ohio’s Underground Railroad”