Sat. June 10, 2006 1 pm Homewood at Crumland Farms 7407 Willow Rd. Frederick, MD Frederick County Genealogical Society Special Lecture Program & Used Book Flea Market 'Children of the Civil War' Lecture by Juanita Leisch Jensen From West Point, NY Our lecture on “Children of the Civil War” will focus on the effects on the youngest members of the family with active war in their own backyards. FRECOGS is very proud to offer to the community, a nationally known researcher and writer on the subject of civilians and their lives and roles in the Civil War - Juanita Leisch Jensen. Ms Jensen has trained and motivated students, interpreters and living historians in more than 40 states. She is the author of Who Wore What: Women's Wear, 1861-65, which is considered a basic source for living historians, re-enactors and film and movie makers, and of An Introduction to Civil War Civilians, which is now in its 7th printing. In 2004 and 2005, she researched, wrote, and Guest Curated two 3,000 square foot exhibits for the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA, "Essential to the Cause: Women's Roles in the Civil War", and "Spirit of Young America: Children and the Civil War". Juanita is a member of the Company of Military Historians, and received that group's Robert L. Miller Award in 2000. She is a board member of the Society of Women and the Civil War which will be holding its 8th Conference on Women and the Civil War in Frederick in July 2006. Copies of the author’s books will be available for sale at the lecture. In addition to the lecture, opportunities for the semi-annual FRECOGS genealogy-history book flea market will be available to the attendees, for buy, sell, or trade. Attendance is open to the public without prior reservation or fee, light refreshments served. Pepper Scotto, FRECOGS President 301-834-9907 _CKFpepper@aol.com_ (mailto:CKFpepper@aol.com) Program Chairman, Nancy Thrasher Cherry, VP 301-572-4406 _NancyTc@aol.com_ (mailto:NancyTc@aol.com) For info or joining FRECOGS, P.O. Box 412, Frederick, MD 21704 www.Frecogs.com