The Saber and Scroll Newsletter

From the Secretary

FIRST EDITION NOVEMBER, 2011

Welcome to the first edition of the Saber and Scroll Newsletter. This newsletter is brought to you by the Secretary and is meant to give you the latest and greatest news and information from around the organization.

CONTENTS
From the Secretary .................................................................................................................... 1 And Now a word or two from our president ................................................................................ 2 Student achievements................................................................................................................ 2 News from our families ............................................................................................................... 3 Journal news .............................................................................................................................. 3 More member news ................................................................................................................... 3 Kays tips ................................................................................................................................... 3 Upcoming exhibitions (november 2011) ..................................................................................... 3 Coat Check ........................................................................................................................... 5 November 12, 2011 March 4, 2012 ....................................................................................... 5 Historic Textiles Gallery ........................................................................................................ 5 Coat Check will display of historic outerwear coats, capes, cloaks, shawls, jackets worn in Charleston in the past 200 years. The exhibition explores mens, womens and childrens outerwear with an eye to fashion as well as practicality. ............................................................................ 5 Holidays Around the World ........................................................................................................ 6 The last word ............................................................................................................................. 7

FROM THE SECRETARY

Welcome to the first edition of the Saber and Scroll News. The officers are glad that you have joined us and look forward to the next year together. We have many great things coming up and are growing by leaps and bounds. In the next month if something good happens to you, your kids do something great, or you have a tip, great resource of something that will help another member along send me an email to sec.historyclubapus@gmail.com. Dont just post YOUR news on the Facebook page. I can not always find it when compiling the newsletter at the end of the month. All the best, Kay

AND NOW A WORD OR TWO FROM OUR PRESIDENT

We now have a LinkedIn page that is slowly developing. The goal of having this additional page is to allow those that prefer to use an application other than Facebook for interaction a place to discuss history and other things in accordance with our club purpose. The link for it is: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4122817. I'm pleased to see our membership growing. We have lots of plans for the next year and hopefully will see some come to fruition. Candace McGovern, our Editor-in-Chief, is busily working to make our journal become a reality. Watch for information from her over the next few weeks. Our next business meeting will be scheduled for December, date to be announced. We have some members helping locate presenters so that we can have a presentation along with our business meeting. As a reminder, meetings are once per quarter (minimum) and members are required to attend at least one meeting per year. New helpers for the club include Leigh-Anne Yacovelli who is working to find service opportunities for our members that will be available to most members in their own communities. Please contact her for more information. Our other newest helper is Michele Jacobsen. She is helping locate people willing to provide programs for our club meetings to make them more educational and entertaining for us. Thanks to Leigh-Anne and Michele for stepping forward! Please contact them if you have ideas or are willing to give a little time to make their roles easier. If you have any ideas, gripes, kudos, or just chatter, please feel free to contact me at historyclubapus@gmail.com or at my personal email sara.edens55@gmail.com. I'm open to suggestions and will try to implement whatever is possible to add. Seeing this club grow and become a viable partnership between members for conversation and historical discussion is what our goal is, especially in this first year of growth. Thanks so much, Sara Edens President The Saber and Scroll, the APUS Historical Society

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
*****We had several members make the Deans list for the third quarter 11, there was a lot of back patting on the Facebook page but only a few of you sent me an email. Here are the ones that did: Kay OPry-Reynolds Leigh-Anne Yacovelli Bud Cunnally I know that there had to be more of you that made the grade. Send me your names and well post you in the next newsletter.

NEWS FROM OUR FAMILIES

From Kathleen Reitmayer My son, Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Zane Reitmayer of the Civil Air Patrol was installed as Cadet Commander of the newly formed Charles County Squadron of the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (MER-MD-019) at the squadron chartering ceremony on 9/26/2011. Here is a link to the story from the Civil Air Patrol website http://mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=693 From: Kay OPry-Reynolds All three of my kiddos that I still have in college made the Deans list at their respective schools last semester. I am very proud of all three of them. Rhiannon Reynolds 3.89 East Stroudsberg University Trey Knight 3.78 University of Texas- Dallas Morgan Knight 3.75 Texas A&M

JOURNAL NEWS
****Candace still needs people to sign up to be editors for our journal. We need volunteers! We need your articles, reviews and reports!

MORE MEMBER NEWS

A few of us will be attending an interdisciplinary conference on "The Legacy of the Civil War," sponsored by the History and Political Science Department at Chestnut Hill College (in Philadelphia) in November. Well have a glowing report from the conference. ____________________________________________________________________________ Leigh-Anne Y. was appointed Service Coordinator for the Saber and Scroll, She will be sending information on potential opportunities our members can chose from to meet the volunteer requirement. They will reflect the S&S mission as a historical research society. If you have ideas please contact her. Rebecca Graf became the Milwaukee History editor at Examiner.com in October along with her 2 year stint with BellaOnline.com as the history editor. Congrats Rebecca!!!! ____________________________________________________________________________

KAYS TIPS
My tip for November: Make use of all of the resources offered by APUS! They are there to help you! The librarians go out of their way to get you the information that you need in a timely manner! There are course guides, tutors and tons of stuff to help you get that A.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS (NOVEMBER 2011)

East:

American Museum of Natural History-79th Street, New York, NY, 10024-5192 Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration
Opens November 19, 2011

Find out about robotic missions to explore our universe and what it will take to build a lunar elevator, deflect deadly asteroids, travel to Mars, and more.

Smithsonian- Washington, D.C. Silk Road Luxuries from China

November 5, 2011 - Indefinitely Freer Gallery

View exceptional examples of tableware and other functional objects crafted by Chinese artisans, who were influenced by new techniques and materials used in foreign luxury goods that were traded along the Silk Road. Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay
November 5, 2011 - Indefinitely Freer Gallery

See how the distinctive Korean ceramic decoration technique -- sanggam -- that made stamped or carved motifs appear to float within a limpid green glaze evolved. Chinese Ceramics: 10th-13th Century
November 5, 2011 - TBA Freer Gallery

Chinese ceramics highlight glazes and the skills of Song dynasty artisans. Mail Call
November 10, 2011 - Permanent Postal Museum

This exhibition addresses the emotional importance of mail to troops and their families during wartime and the logistics of delivering mail to troops at war. Inventing a Better Mousetrap: Patent Models from the Rothschild Collection
November 11, 2011 - November 3, 2013 American Art Museum

Back on view are 35 models for 19th-century inventions submitted to the Patent Office by inventors from across the United States. Jefferson's Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
November 11, 2011 - May 28, 2012 American History Museum

Thomas Jefferson's The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth" provides insight into his religious and moral beliefs.

Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz

November 11, 2011 - January 29, 2012 Ripley Center

Esther Nisenthal Krinitz tells the story of her harrowing escape from the Nazis as a young girl and her voyage to freedom in America. The First Ladies
November 19, 2011 - Indefinitely American History Museum

View two dozen dresses worn by former first ladies. AirCraft: Jet as Art
November 25, 2011 - December 2012 Air and Space Museum

Jeffery Milstein's supersized images of aircraft in flight transform aviation technology into fine art.

South:
The Charleston Museum- 360 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29403 Botanical Quilts: Chintz Appliqu in the 19th Century
November 5, 2011 April 22, 2012 Historic Textiles Gallery

Botanical Quilts examines the many different botanically-inspired quilts that graced the beds of Lowcountry residents throughout the 19th century.

Coat Check
November 12, 2011 March 4, 2012 Historic Textiles Gallery

Coat Check will display of historic outerwear coats, capes, cloaks, shawls, jackets worn in Charleston in the past 200 years. The exhibition explores mens, womens and childrens outerwear with an eye to fashion as well as practicality.

Fashion Plates: Illustrating History's Latest Styles, 1760-1920s

November 19, 2011 - May 6, 2012 Historic Textiles Gallery

Once the most important resource for current styles, these fashion plates are now a valuable source for historic research. Dressmakers or even amateur home-sewers would use the illustration as their guide; dress patterns were not widely available until the latter half of the 19th century.

North Carolina Museum of History- 5 East Edenton Street Raleigh, NC 27601-1011

At the Speed of a GirlCelebrating 100 Years of Girl Scouting
November 18, 2011

Explore the history of the Girl Scouts of the USA, founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low.

The Story of North Carolina

November 5, 2011

Part 2 of this chronological exhibit traces life in North Carolina from the antebellum era through the late 20th century. Frazier History Museum - 829 W. Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 Holidays Around the World
November 25, 2011 through January 2, 2012

Holidays Around the World is a visually-stunning, multi-cultural tree display that celebrates holiday traditions found throughout Louisvilles diverse communities.

Midwest:
Missouri History Museum- 5700 Lindell, St. Louis MO, 63112 The Civil War in Missouri
November 12, 2011 - March 16, 2013

The Civil War in Missouri, will feature compelling artifacts, imagery and interactive elements. Although the exhibition addresses issues with which our entire nation wrestled, topics that are distinctively Missourian will take center stage.

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age

November 25, 2011 - April 15, 2012

Journey back through the Ice Age to view some of Earth's largest and most awe-inspiring mammals in The Field Museum exhibition Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. Monumental video installations, hands-on interactive displays, life-sized models, fossil tusks and skullsand even touchable teeth bring these ancient giants back to life.

Evansville Museum- 411 S.E. Riverside Drive, Evansville, Indiana 47713-1098 Evansville On The Ohio
November 6, 2011 - February 26, 2012

The Town Hall exhibit is in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the western waterways to steamboat travel by the historic journey of the boat New Orleans. Evansville on the Ohio recalls this historic event and to a larger extent, examines the Citys relationship to the Ohio River.

West:
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History- 2000 Mountain Rd NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 ALBUQUERQUE: ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
November 20, 2011 - September 2013 North and Transition Galleries

Albuquerque: Along the Rio Grande features many of Albuquerque's beloved and iconic artifacts representing more than 700 years of history in the Central Rio Grande Valley.

Pacific Asia Museum: 46N. Los Robles Pasadena, CA 91101

46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum

November 18, 2011-April 8, 2012

The exhibition will present more than 40 important modern and contemporary works shown at the Pasadena Art Museum in its groundbreaking exhibitions, including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and documentation of performances.

By Candace McGovern THE LAST WORD

Last but not least we have a lot of new members. October brought us pretty close to 20 new comers. If you havent already done so please fill out the app located on the Facebook page in the docs section or send an email to me or any of the officers, well be glad to send you an application. The more that we grow the further we can go!!!! Remember to send me your news!!! Kay Sec.historyclubapus@gmail.com