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The next meeting of the Kent Civil War Society will be the annual Member & Guest Holiday Pot Luck and Book Auction. It will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2026, beginning at 6:30 PM.

(Watch the newsletter or this web site as the date nears for the assignments for what type of dish to bring)

The meeting will be held in the Roy Smith Shelter at Fred Fuller Park
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Click on the Bivouac newsletter icon or the telegraph press release icon below for more details as they become available.


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At our November 10, 2026, meeting, Dr. George N. Vourlojianis presented The Cleveland Grays: An Urban Military Company 1837-1919. Attendees learned not only about the Grays, an interesting topic in and of itself, but about the history and service of private militia companies in the 19th and early 20th Century. The lively presentation was accompanied by many photographs of the Grays over the years and of Gray's Armory in Cleveland, which is still home for the organization which is now a social organization rather than an active militia.

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Attendees at the October meeting voted to send a $100 preservation donation to the Missouri Civil War Museum for their preservation efforts and $100 to the American Battlefield Trust for use in preserving and interpreting several battlefields. Checks will be on their way to those projects soon.

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For last minute information on the Kent Civil War Society meetings, call the society's meeting information hotline at (330) 474-9362 for a recorded message