Published: 4/13/2011

Civil War re-enactor to be at Way Library

BLADE STAFF

The Perrysburg Area Historic Museum in conjunction with the Wood County Civil War Sesquicentennial Celebration will present Civil War historian and re-enactor Neil Buttermore as “A Veteran Remembers Gettysburg” at 7 p.m. April 19 in the Perrysburg Way Library.

He will portray a colonel in the 1st Ohio Cavalry that participated in the battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863. Mr. Buttermore is the proprietor of Ancient of Days Antiques, at 2505 Broadway in Toledo.

During the April 19 event, a brief business meeting will be held to update the audience on the renovation and preservation of the Spafford Home on West River Road owned by the Perrysburg Area Historic Museum.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Information: Judy Justus, 419-874-6828.

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