SESQUICENTENNIAL LECTURE SERIES
The fifth lecture of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sesquicentennial Lecture Series will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Bennett
Place Historic Site auditorium in Durham. Author Brenda McKean’s subject will be ‘Shortages During
the Confederacy." This free lecture is being held in District VI by the North Carolina Division
Sesquicentennial Committee. All UDC members are invited to attend and all are encourage to wear UDC
insignia as special guests.
Brenda McKean, a graduate of the Duke University School of Anesthesia, is a retired nurse anesthetist.
As a researcher of ante-bellum and Southern memorabilia and history she has published a two volume
book entitled Blood and War at my Doorstep: North Carolina Civilians in the War Between the States.
Ms. McKean has been a re-enactor and living history interpreter for twenty-five years. She is a member
of the Society of Women and the Civil War and is active with the Friends of the Bennett Place. Copies of
her books will b available for sale after the lecture.
Mark your calendars now and come to Durham to attend not only the lecture but to visit visit the Museum
at the Bennett Place, the Duke Homestead, and the Confederate section of Maplewood Cemetery.
The Sesquicentennial Committee has held four lectures and plans are being made for the lectures in the
remaining Districts prior to May 20 and then lectures will be scheduled again in different cities of each
District. Members of each District are helping this Committee to find a location, date, and speaker.
Our past lectures included: May 20 in Salisbury (District III) at Catawba College with speaker Dr. Gary
Freeze; July 25 in Greensboro (District IV) in partnership with the Greensboro Historical Museum with
author William Trotter; August 13 in Asheville (District I) at the Veterans Restoration Quarters with the
popular Dr. Freeze; and October 29 in Charlotte (District II) in partnership with the Charlotte Museum of
History with author Chris Hartley.
For more information contact NC Division Sesquicentennial Chairman Sue Curtis at
southpaws@salisbury.net
The fifth lecture of the North Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sesquicentennial Lecture Series will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Bennett
Place Historic Site auditorium in Durham. Author Brenda McKean’s subject will be ‘Shortages During
the Confederacy." This free lecture is being held in District VI by the North Carolina Division
Sesquicentennial Committee. All UDC members are invited to attend and all are encourage to wear UDC
insignia as special guests.
Brenda McKean, a graduate of the Duke University School of Anesthesia, is a retired nurse anesthetist.
As a researcher of ante-bellum and Southern memorabilia and history she has published a two volume
book entitled Blood and War at my Doorstep: North Carolina Civilians in the War Between the States.
Ms. McKean has been a re-enactor and living history interpreter for twenty-five years. She is a member
of the Society of Women and the Civil War and is active with the Friends of the Bennett Place. Copies of
her books will b available for sale after the lecture.
Mark your calendars now and come to Durham to attend not only the lecture but to visit visit the Museum
at the Bennett Place, the Duke Homestead, and the Confederate section of Maplewood Cemetery.
The Sesquicentennial Committee has held four lectures and plans are being made for the lectures in the
remaining Districts prior to May 20 and then lectures will be scheduled again in different cities of each
District. Members of each District are helping this Committee to find a location, date, and speaker.
Our past lectures included: May 20 in Salisbury (District III) at Catawba College with speaker Dr. Gary
Freeze; July 25 in Greensboro (District IV) in partnership with the Greensboro Historical Museum with
author William Trotter; August 13 in Asheville (District I) at the Veterans Restoration Quarters with the
popular Dr. Freeze; and October 29 in Charlotte (District II) in partnership with the Charlotte Museum of
History with author Chris Hartley.
For more information contact NC Division Sesquicentennial Chairman Sue Curtis at
southpaws@salisbury.net