THE COMPANY OF MILITARY HISTORIANS

Schedule, Subject to Change

Thursday, 1 May
9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.	Optional bus tour to Stones River & Sam Davis home. Paid separately. (light walking)
5:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.	Reception Cumberland Salon C-D
7:00 P.M.	Board of Governors meeting. Brentwood-Franklin Room
Friday, 2 May
	Breakfast. On your own. (Paid if you are in the hotel)
8:00 A.M. – 8:30 A.M.	Meeting for chapter representatives. Brentwood-Franklin Room
8:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.	Flea Market in Cumberland Salon E
	Concurrent Seminars
8:45 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.	Thomas Cartwright, The Battle of Franklin. In Cumberland Salons A & B	Pete Eisert, Pennsylvania Shooting Medals. In Cumberland Salons C & D
9:45 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.	Greg Biggs, Tennessee Civil War Flags and Flag Makers. In Cumberland Salons A & B	Glenn Williams, Irregular Warfare in the Revolution. In Cumberland Salons C & D
10:45 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.	David Wright, Military Art. In Cumberland Salons A & B	Dan Pomeroy, Artifacts and the Battle of King’s Mountain. In Cumberland Salons C & D
	Lunch on your own.
1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.	Behind the scenes tour Tennessee State Museum. Meet at Tennessee State Museum, across from hotel. Exit the Hotel through the back door (adjacent to the Starbuck’s Coffee shop). Turn right once you exit the hotel, cross the plaza and proceed down the stairs to the corner of 5th Ave. and Deaderick street. The Tennessee State Museum is just across the street. Cross 5th Ave. and look for the loading dock of the Tennessee State Museum. A museum staff person will meet you at the entrance and lead you into the museum. Please go with assigned groups. (moderate walking)
4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.	Business meeting location TBD.
	Dinner on your own
Saturday, 3 May
8:00 A.M. – 8:45 A.M.	Breakfast on your own. (Paid if you are in the hotel)
8:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.	Flea Market in Cumberland Salon E
	Concurrent Seminars
8:45 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.	David Jarnigan, Civil War leather preservation. Cumberland Salons A&B	Tom Kanon, Jackson and his Dirty Shirts in the War of 1812. Cumberland Salons C&D
9:45 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.	Jim Ogden, The Provisional Army of the State of Tennessee in 1861. Cumberland Salons A& B	Tom Nolan & Dr. Michael Birdwell, The Forensics of Alvin York’s Medal of Honor actions. Cumberland Salons C&D
10:45 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.	Bus tour for Hermitage. Load by valet parking in front of hotel on 4th Street. Please go with assigned groups. (moderate walking)
5:30 P.M.	Cash bar opens
6:30 P.M.	Banquet
Sunday, 4 May
8:00 A.M. – 8:45 A.M.	Breakfast on your own. (Paid if you are in the hotel)
8:30 – 12:30	Optional bus tour to Franklin, site of Civil War battle. Paid separately. (moderate walking)

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