The Ninth Ohio
Corporal
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2017
- Location
- Queen City of the West
Living Historians and spectators alike - you are cordially invited to attend!
What: Mecklenburg Gardens 1865 Homecoming Dinner
When: Friday, January 17th, 2020: 6pm-11pm
Where: Mecklenburg Gardens, 302 E. University Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45219
Join us at historic Mecklenburg Gardens (est. 1865) for an evening filled with great food and drink to benefit a excellent cause - The Ninth Ohio: A Living History! There will be a pig roast, buffet, KEG TAPPING, as well as live music, exhibits and a series of speakers on several topics surrounding the German-American homecoming after the war. All who attend in period civilian, federal or GAR dress* will receive a free drink voucher! Speakers and topics include:
Author and German-American Citizens League President Don Heinrich Tolzmann - Beer Baron Christian Moerlein and his Civil War Service
Kolping Society of Cincinnati Historian Nancy Pelzel - Schützenfest Cincinnati and the German-American Homecoming
Author Dann Woellert - Frank Linck, Brewer and Sutler
Living Historian Jason Brown - Postwar Civilian Life and the GAR
Over-the-Rhine Museum Board Member Anne Steinert - The Fettweis Family and the OTR Museum Project
We'd love to see you there to help support our project and just have a great time!
Event link for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/2533344696919288/
Mecklenburg Gardens website: https://www.mecklenburgs.com/
The Ninth Ohio: A Living History Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ninthohio
*Please wear dress shoes in lieu of heel plates or hobnails.