This month’s D-OGS Meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, 3 November, 2010 at 7 p.m. at the Duke Homestead Visitor's Center, 2828 Duke Homestead Road, Durham 27705. Phone: (919) 477-5498 - One-half mile from I-85 and Guess Rd (Exit 175), Follow the brown historic site road signs. The program for this meeting will be presented by Josh Howard. Josh is a Revolutionary War specialist and co-author, along with Dr. Lawrence E. Babits of East Carolina University, of "Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781", winner of the 2009 Army Historical Society's Distinguished Writing Award. He is a research historian for the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. Josh will speak about the ongoing 150th Civil War commemoration activities at the NC Department of Cultural Resources, specifically the Civil War Death Study (www.nccivilwar150.com) that they have undertaken. This is also the month when we hold our annual elections. This is a very important time for D-OGS. Please attend and participate. -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= >>> >>> Richard K. Ellington >>> ITS Data Centers Manager >>> Information Technology Services >>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >>> 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 >>> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 >>> Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu >>> >>> 919-698-8591 (voice) >>> 919-843-9153 (fax) >>> richard_ellington@unc.edu >>> >>> >>> "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken >>> or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". >>> >>> -Winston Churchill >>> >>> =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=