BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our next General Meeting and our long-awai ted presentation by Dan Toomey\, described below. Everyone is welcome. R efreshments will be served. Bring friends and family! This will be a rea l treat for the railroad-buffs and history-buffs of Howard County.\nDuri ng the Civil War\, the Union Army formed a special organization to guar d the railroad tracks that ran from Baltimore City to Relay and from Re lay to Annapolis Junction. Known as the Railroad Brigade\, this unit&rsq uo\;s area of responsibility eventually spread west to Harpers Ferry. D an Toomey will tell us about the Railroad Brigade and other events of l ocal interest based on his soon to be published book The War Came by Tr ain\, The B&\;O Railroad During the Civil War.\nDaniel Carroll Toome y is considered a leading authority on the Civil War in Maryland. A gra duate of the University of Maryland\, he is the author or co-author of ten books relating to that subject including The Civil War in Maryland\ , Baltimore During the Civil War\, and The Maryland Line Confederate So ldiers Home. He has lectured for a number of colleges and institutions including Johns Hopkins University and the Smithsonian Institution.\nMr . Toomey has won numerous awards for his historical research and exhibi ts including the Gettysburg National Battlefield Award in 1985 and he w as the recipient of the Peterkin Award given by the National Parks Serv ice at Fort McHenry in 2001. His two fondest accomplishments are writin g the inscription for the Maryland Monument at Gettysburg and playing o n the first ever Howard County lacrosse team in 1964. He is currently t he Guest Curator at the Baltimore &\; Ohio Railroad Museum for their five year project entitled The War Came by Train commemorating the 150 th anniversary of the Civil War. URL:http://elkridge.patch.com/events/civil-war-expert-dan-toomey-to-speak SUMMARY:Civil War Expert Dan Toomey to Speak LOCATION:Elkridge Heritage Society: 5825 Main St\, Elkridge\, MD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR