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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

DELMARVA HISTORY LECTURE SERIES HIGHLIGHTS LIFE OF GEN. AMOS WOODCOCK OF SALISBURY IN MAY

DELMARVA HISTORY LECTURE SERIES 
HIGHLIGHTS LIFE OF GEN. AMOS WOODCOCK
 OF SALISBURY IN MAY
 
The May Delmarva History Lecture offered by Westside Historical Society on May 20 will be delivered by Dr. Stephen Gehnrich at the MAC Center in Salisbury, beginning at 2:00 pm. The topic will be a familiar figure to many local residents, General Amos W.
W. Woodcock, native of Salisbury. The title of his talk is “General Amos W.W. Woodcock of Salisbury, Maryland (1883-1964): Gentleman, Soldier, Scholar, and Good Citizen”



General Amos W. W. Woodcock was a prominent citizen of Salisbury, MD who served his community, state, and country in numerous capacities. His life (1883-1964) was intertwined with many of the major events in the first half of the 20th century, and he played a significant role in many of them; from guarding the Mexican border in 1916, fighting in World War One, enforcing Prohibition, and Prosecuting Japanese War Criminals after World War Two. He was also actively involved in Maryland, serving as
the U.S. District Attorney, the President of St. John’s College, President of the Wicomico School Board, and active member of Asbury Methodist Church. Why has this Renaissance man of great accomplishments and public service been virtually forgotten,
even in his hometown? This will be the approach Dr. Gehnrich will examine in his talk.


Dr. Gehnrich, who was awarded a PhD in Biology from Tufts University in  Massachusetts and did research at Harvard, joined the Department of Biiological Sciences at Salisbury University in 1988. As he explains, his interest in local Salisbury history began
when he asked the late Salisbury historian Richard Cooper about a low brick wall just off Riverside Drive. Mr. Cooper explained that the wall surrounded a well that had part of a garden in the estate of General Amos W.W. Woodcock, a prominent citizen of Salisbury
who had been the commander of Salisbury’s National Guard Company while fighting in France during World War One. Steve was already a World War One buff, so this was perfect fit! He decided to pursue a Master’s degree in History, which he completed in 2008. His thesis was a biography General Woodcock.


Steve has been fortunate to visit many of the World War One battlefields in France and Belgium, and he is particularly interested in the men from our area that served in the War. He is a member of the Western Front Association, an international organization
based in England that promotes the study and remembrance of World War One.


This should be another very interesting and provocative talk and one not to be missed! As always, this lecture is free and open to the public. The talk will be held in the Bradford Room of the MAC Center and begins at 2:00. Audience members are welcome
to ask questions and participate in the discussion following Dr. Gehnrich’s presentation.


For more information email or phone Westside Historical Society at
westsidehistorical@gmail.com , cell 410-726-8047.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh lord I hope he's not white?! Jake Day and his band of minions will be crying white privilege. I wish they would actually go and listen to appreciate people like Woodcock who fought and sacrificed so much to put this country on the path that they so desperately want to destroy

Anonymous said...

And a snowflake plays the race card on the very first comment. smh

Anonymous said...

@7:33 maybe you should read the whole comment and try to grasp the content. I think they meant how they thought tge snowflakes will respond, SMFH

Anonymous said...

Northwest Woodsman: I am sure that he is white and Marxist liberal democrats will form a mob and try to shut the lecture down. Has anyone else noticed that the marxists are incrementally eroding our culture, our symbols, and our hero’s? Just like Hitler and his Mein Kampf, Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Cloward abs Piven’s thesis, they know they have to destroy the symbols of our culture for them to be successful.

Anonymous said...

7:33--
Reading comprehension just not your thing?

Anonymous said...

7:33 here, the post had absolutely nothing to do with race. 7:11 made up a racial slant then was offended by something no one actually said! A true snowflake.

Anonymous said...

Will someone please videotape this and post it so those of us who work for a living at 2 p.m. on a Monday can see it later?
Thanks

Anonymous said...

How much wood can a woodchuck . . .