Cindy Beaston, a Columbia native and Harrisburg Area Community College graduate in history, founded the General Welsh Post 118 Roundtable two years ago. She named it, appropriately, for Columbia native and Union Gen. Thomas Welsh.
"History's always been my thing,'' the 34-year-old Beaston explained following the program. "I emphasize the humanity of it. They fought each other for four years. I want other people to be projected into that. I'm hoping to get people to care.''
All presentations are free and open to the public at the Columbia Library, 24 S. 6th St. The next meeting will be held May 11 at 11 a.m. Beaston will present a Mother's Day program titled "The Backbone of Our country: The Women of the Civil War.''
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