Civil War Roundtable

The G.A.R. Hall and Meeker County Museum in Litchfield will be the site for another Civil War Roundtable meeting next week. The program on March 12th will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Museum Executive Director Danelle Erickson says the topic this time will be “The Seeds of the Civil War.” She says Joyce & Jim Hinderks will be talking about some of the events that led up to the Civil War.

Erickson says there will be no roundtable meeting in Litchfield in April as people are encouraged to attend the Civil War Symposium – an annual event – in Bloomington on April 25th. She says that same day, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War will have a ceremony at 3 p.m. at Lake Ripley Cemetery to honor the last Civil War veteran burial – an event that will be taking place in each county in the state.

Erickson says if anyone is doing research on Meeker County history or genealogy, they have been getting their record books and newspapers more accessible and most of the newspapers are now on microfilm. She says the museum at 308 North Marshall Avenue in Litchfield is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 10-to-4 and Saturdays from noon-to-4 and you can find more information at meekercomuseum.org or on their Facebook page.