The 3rd Regional Conference

of the

United States Colored Troops Institute

“Beyond the Call of Duty”

Friday & Saturday, October 10 - 11, 2003

Hilton Hotel, Columbia, Maryland

FRIDAY EVENING

6:00 - 9:00 PM (Columbia Hilton Hotel)

Reception, Remarks and Recognition – Wylene Burch

6:00 - 7:00 PM Hors D'Oeuvres / Light Refreshment

7:00 - 8:00 PM Opening Remarks - President of the USCT Institute – Harry Matthews

· Welcome Address - County Official

· Recognizing the Civil War Descendants

· Black Civil War Heroes - Medal of Honor Recipients from Maryland

· Orientation and Overview of Conference Activities

8:00 - 9:00 PM Social Hour

SATURDAY MORNING

8:00 - 11:30 AM (Ellicott City Colored School)

8:00 - 10:15 AM Breakfast & Institute Fall Meeting (Institute Members) – Harry Matthews

· Casual Tour of Historic Ellicott City (Guests and Other Attendees)

· Visit to Benjamin Banneker Museum (Guests and Other Attendees)

10:30 - 11:30 AM Dedication and Recognition Ceremony – Sylvia Cooke-Martin

· Sgt. Decautur Dorsey, Medal of Honor Recipient from Howard County, MD)

· Three other Medal of Honor Recipients from MD

· Salute to all other Civil War Soldiers from MD / USCT

SATURDAY NOON

12:00 - 1:15 PM (Columbia Hilton Hotel)

12:00 - 12:30 PM Living History Presentations/Reenactors & Lunch – Angela Walton-Raji

· Presentation: "Indian Home Guards"

· Reenactors: Civil War / Buffalo Soldiers / 19th Century Attire

12:30 - 1:15 PM Lunch

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

1:30 - 5:00 PM Civil War Presentations

Presentation Facilitator – John Gourdin

1:30 - 2:15 PM Session #1: Slavery & the Underground Railroad by Dr. Walter Hill

2:30 - 3:15 PM Session #2: Black Soldiers in the Civil War by C.R. Gibbs

3:30 - 4:15 PM Session #3: Rememberance & Memorialization by Dr. Frank Smith

4:30 - 5:00 PM Book Signing