Join us at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City on Tuesday, August 18. Harry’s opens at 11 am for cafeteria style lunch; our meeting will start promptly at 12 noon. See the MEETING INFO menu item for directions. This month’s topic is

Joan Larrabee on “Colonel John Singleton Mosby, CSA”

Colonel John Singleton Mosby, CSA, was a colorful and effective leader of Confederate Partisan Rangers during the United States Civil War. Operating in Northern Virginia, his independent guerrilla regiment waged war on Federal troops, wagon trains, and railroads. He wrote his Memoirs near the end of a long life, even spending years as an attorney in San Francisco and Washington, DC.

Joan Larrabee grew up in a military family; one great-grandfather served in a New York regiment as a teenager at the end of the Civil War. She earned a degree in history at Stanford University and a Master of Urban Planning at San Jose State. She worked for the City of San Jose in the fields of community services, public works, and transportation.

Join us at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City on Tuesday, September 15. Harry’s opens at 11 am for cafeteria style lunch; our meeting will start promptly at 12 noon. See the MEETING INFO menu item for directions. This month’s topic is

John Ames on “Civil War Naval Blockade”

Mr. Ames will speak on the Civil War Naval Blockade, tracking the assignments of his great grandfather, who was in the U.S. Navy as an engineer during the war.

John Ames was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, into a family that had ancestors who had roles during historical events. He became interested in Civil War history during high school, and attended the University of Cincinnati with a dual major in history and political science.

Mr. Ames is retired. His work experience was as a business/facilities manager for such diverse callings as a national trade show decorating contractor, a private school for children with learning disabilities, and a local church built in 1872. He and his wife have lived in Menlo Park for the past thirty-six years.