Ohio Regimental Military Ball: CIVIL WAR PRESENTERS

1989 Front Street,Cuyahoga Falls OH 44221

18 February, 2023

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An annual tradition on President’s Day weekend is the Ohio Regimental Military Ball celebrating our 34th Anniversary hosted by the Sheraton Suites, 1989 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, The ORMB offers to the public short 45 minute presentations delivered in historical period attire from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Families: $5 Unlimited Lectures Students and Scouts: Free Stories of leadership, courage, and service, as well as, displays of Civil War books, Civil War attire,jewelry, uniformed Blue & Gray, ladies and men in Civil War attire—an educational event of an era in American History. If your National Honor Society and/or Scouts or organization need community service, we have a limited number of volunteer positions. If interested in service and or more information about this event, please call Ted Dudra, 330-310-2784 or Darcy Miller, 330-550-0285. ORMB 2023 Presenters 1) Michael Rhodes: The Daguerreotype—The Great Social Equalizer and the Studio Experience 2) Dr. Russ Gilliam: “Wound Treatment for Extremities” 3) Bob Dispenza: Life on the Raging Canal River 3) Bob Dispenza: Life on the Raging Canal River 4) John Spaziani: Ward Hill Lamon: The 25 Hours of Lincoln in Gettysburg 5) John King - President Lincoln at Gettysburg 6) Jackie Greer: “So you Want to be an Army Nurse—Defining His and Her Duties” 7) John Rys: “Ballroom Etiquette” 8) Diane Virostko: “The Civil War Songbird: Solo Interpretations of Civil War Music. Patriotic, Hymns and Spiritual Selections.” 9) Duncan Virostko: “ The Ohio Statehouse Guns” 10) Carol Polkinghorne: A topic on Mary Surratt: A boarding house owner in D.C. convicted of conspiracy with Lincoln’s death and first woman hanged by the government. Tentative: Dr. Holly Ray: “Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry During the Mid-1800s. If your National Honor Society and/or Scouts or organization need community service, we have a limited number of volunteer positions. If interested in service and or more information about this event, please call Ted Dudra, 330- 310-2784 or Darcy Miller, 330-550-0285. The United States Sanitary Commission was founded in 1861 as the American Civil War began. Its purpose was to promote clean and healthy conditions in the Union Army camps. The Sanitary Commission staffed field hospitals, raised money, provided supplies, and worked to educate the military and government on matters of health and sanitation. Volunteers were primarily women  volunteered for work with the Sanitary Commission.  Some provided direct service at the field hospitals and camps, organizing medical services, acting as nurses, and performing other tasks. Others raised money and managed the organization. The Sanitary Commission also provided food, lodging, and care for soldiers returning from service. After the end of fighting, the Sanitary Commission worked with veterans in obtaining promised pay, benefits, and pensions. Alright ladies and gentlemen...hold on to your bonnets and hats!! Here at the Octagon Ladies Repository you probably know by now that we are assisting the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Orr Circle here in Ohio with a major fundraiser, a small Sanitary Fair, at the Ohio Regimental Military Ball next month. You most likely are aware that a Sanitary Fair is a fundraiser!!! Sanitary Fairs were held all across the country during the Civil War, to raise funds for supplies needed at the front. The LGAR Sanitary Fair Fundraiser is for the sole purpose of sending a donation for Civil War Battlefield Preservation. We will have 11 Patriotic Booths in which to shop from. One of the Booths will be to purchase a ticket to cast a vote for the "Daughter of the Regiment." The 2 "Ladies" vowing for the winning title of "Daughter of the Regiment" are actually 2 Gentlemen, who will be dressed in appropriate Ladies 1860's attire. Yes, this was actually done in the 1860's and in the coming days we will share where and how much this activity raised! These 2 Gentlemen are doing this fundraiser out of the love and support for battlefield preservation. This is merely just a fundraiser that is being held accurately according to original accounts of Sanitary Fairs. It is not our intent to bring today's social mores into this 1860's Sanitary Fair recreation. We sincerely hope that when you step into the Sanitary Fair room, you feel as though you have stepped into the 1860's.