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SUMMARY:Cherokee Strip Historical Society Annual Meeting and Oklahoma Rough Riders program
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Cherokee Strip Historical Society (CSHS) will host its Annual Meeting\, meal\, and program on Tuesday\, March 3\, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the First Bank Event Center. \n\nThe Cherokee Strip Museum is pleased to invite members and the public to its annual meeting and historical program “Oklahoma Rough Riders: Remembering the Spanish-American War\,” presented by Jay Eby\, historian and Rough Riders expert. This year’s annual program will place special emphasis on the Oklahoma Rough Riders troop\, along with an exploration of the regalia\, equipment\, and time-period style of warfare associated with President Theodore Roosevelt’s volunteer cavalry. \nCopies of the book Oklahoma Rough Riders: Billy McGinty’s Own Story (2008)\, co-written by longtime CSHS lifetime member Albert Stehno\, will be available for purchase. There will also be membership information available at the entrance of the event center. \nAbout the presenter: \nThe program will be presented by Jay Eby\, is a Perry native who founded a Rough Riders reenactment group in Arizona and appeared in a History Channel reenactment. His firsthand knowledge and storytelling bring this fascinating chapter of American history to life. \nThe annual meeting and meal will begin at 5:30 p.m. Please contact the Cherokee Strip Historical Society for details on meal tickets. For more information\, please contact the Cherokee Strip Historical Society at 580-336-2405 or by email at director@cherokee-strip-museum.org. \n \n“The chosen seven\,” from Perry selected for Roosevelt’s Rough Riders ready for association\, in Guthrie\, at the Perry Depot waiting for the train\, Perry\, Oklahoma Territory. Only two\, Dick Shanafelt and Chas E. Johnston\, were selected by Captain Capron (5633\, John E. Shanafelt Collection\, OHS). \n\n\n
URL:https://www.okhistory.org/calendar/event/cherokee-strip-historical-society-annual-meeting-and-oklahoma-rough-riders-program/
LOCATION:First Bank & Trust Event Center\, 424 N. 7th Street\, Perry\, OK\, 73077\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs and lectures
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