October 27th, 2010
Volume 1, Issue 1 Hooper’s Heroes
James A. Ramage Civil War Museum
1402 Highland Ave
Fort Wright, KY 41011
Upcoming Events: 859-344-1156
ramagecivilwarmuseum@gmail.com
• Veteran’s Day
November 7th, 2pm
Welcome!
Highland Cemetery
Fort Mitchell Huzzah!
Welcome to the 1st
• Civil War Christmas edition of Hooper’s
th
December 12
Heroes, the official
• Blue & Gray Gala newsletter of the James
April 2011 A. Ramage Civil War
Official Date TBD Museum. This
quarterly newsletter will
highlight upcoming
museum events, review
recent events and keep
you updated with
museum news and
happenings.
Individual Highlights: One challenge we face
Memberships 2 as we approach the
150th anniversary of the
Wonderful Events 3
How to Help 4 Veteran’s Day
Interesting Facts 5
On November 7, 2010,
we are privileged to be
hosting the 4th annual
Veteran’s Day
Ceremony at Highland
Cemetery in Fort
Mitchell. It will begin at
2:00pm. A large tent
will be provided for
seating in case of poor
weather. Veterans of all wars and
eras are invited to attend
As we meet to honor all with their families so
American veterans, we that we may give these
will offer special
Mailing Address:
City of Fort Wright, Ramage Museum
409 Kyles Lane
Fort Wright, KY 41011
Civil War is to become becoming a member.
financially self- Thanks again for your
sufficient. Keep patronage and support
watching this newsletter for the museum. 2010
& www.fortwright.com has been a big year for
for future updates on us and the future is
ways you can help us. looking challenging, yet
One such way is exciting. I look forward
through our new to seeing you at the
Museum Membership museum in the future.
program. An article in
this newsletter will Richard McCormick II
provide more details President,
about this exciting new Board of Directors
program. We hope you James A. Ramage
will show your support Civil War Museum
for the museum by
recognition to those heroes and heroines the
veterans of the Korean thanks they so bravely
Conflict and that era. have earned.
The names of those
from Boone, Kenton For more information,
and Campbell Counties please contact the
who perished in the museum, by phone or
Korean War will be email or check the
read. website.
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

Did you know that American families, Christmas trees, gift
Henry Wadsworth many of our modern giving, caroling and
Longfellow penned the Christmas traditions Christmas feasts
famous poem which first found their seemed to be firmly
was eventually put to acceptance with established as part of
music, I Heard the Bells American families American culture
on Christmas Morning, during the Civil War. during the Civil War
shortly after a visit to One of the earliest period. Please join us
his son Charles, who depictions of Santa on Sunday, December
was still struggling to Claus, with his sleigh 12th as we celebrate the
recover from his war and reindeers, and Santa Holiday Season during
injuries, on Christmas crawling down a the Civil War. Please
Day, 1864? Though the chimney is found in a check our website for
Civil War literally tore Thomas Nast drawing further details as the
the country in two and appearing in the January event date nears.
brought pain and 1863 edition of
Thomas Nast drawing
suffering of all kinds to Harper’s Weekly.
1863

Become a Hooper’s Hero

As of July 1, 2011, the supporting the museum 409 Kyles Lane Fort
James A Ramage Civil and helping it thrive Wright, 41011. Please
War Museum becomes while becoming self- be sure to indicate that
financially independent, sufficient. your payment is for a
responsible for all of museum membership
our fund-raising. WE Membership is for one and let us know the
NEED YOUR HELP! year and costs only $20 name and address that
One easy and affordable for an individual and should be listed on your
way to show your $35 for a family – that’s membership.
support is to join our a great deal! You may
Hooper’s Heroes purchase memberships Membership cards will
Membership Program. by going to the museum be mailed out early in
This brand-new page at: 2011.
program will allow www.fortwright.com
members to receive and clicking on the pay We sincerely hope you
membership cards, pal link. You may also consider helping us by
discounts at our gift stop by the museum and purchasing a
shop, book sale and purchase one there. membership and
future events and Please bring a check or becoming a Hooper’s
“Did you know this is special members-only exact change only if you Hero.
the museum’s official previews of upcoming chose this option. You
logo?” displays or events. The may also mail your Your generosity is truly
premier benefit, check (payable to the appreciated!
however, will be the museum) at:
knowledge that you are
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Another successful Antiques Appraisal Fair!

We held the 3rd Antique
Appraisal Fair on Saturday
October 2 and are very
happy with the results. We
netted over $600 toward
next year's budget. At least
110 people had their
antiques evaluated and
described by our expert
volunteer appraisers. We
saw items from an early
19th century embroidered
sampler, Rookwood
pottery, beautiful jewelry
and dolls, to Nazi daggers!
The bake sale was also a
success. Thanks to the
great Northern Kentucky
experts who volunteered
their time: Randy Burnett,
Gator’s Auction House,
Annie Kramer, Motch
Jewelers, Jeff Siska church member Floyd
Auctions, and Swinford Hastings, and Board
Jewelers. They really Members: Kathleen
know their stuff! Romero, Linda Hornsby,
Besides verbal Richard McCormick,
appraisals they gave and Jeannine
advice on care/storage, Kreinbrink. Special
restoration possibilities, thanks to Tim Maloney
history, and much and his maintenance
more. We are very crew for taking care of
grateful for their help. the big tent and moving
Thanks to at least the tents/chairs etc, we
following volunteers really appreciate their
who helped out that day help.
at the Antiques Fair! We
couldn’t have done it
without you.
Volunteers: Bill and
Kittie Dupps, Tim
Pieper, Shane Winslow,
Granville Griffith, Carol
Otte, Tamara Bochard,

Archaeology Dig Cancelled Due to Drought!

We were sorry to have possible to dig; the day. Otherwise we will
to cancel the Public ground was just too look forward to spring.
Archaeology Dig in hard and compacted. Watch the museum
September. We were Since we began in website and emails for
really looking forward September 2004, over details.
to another successful 400 people have
dig weekend. participated in the digs
Unfortunately the and we hoped to add to
weather did not that total this fall!
cooperate. The lack of Let’s all hope for rain
rain since early August for days. If it rains “I had no idea all this
has dried out the ground enough we may be able history was right here in
so much it wasn’t to schedule late fall dig our neighborhood!”

Find us on Facebook!
Show your support for
the museum on
facebook. You can join
the “James A Ramage
Civil War Museum”
group or you can find the
“James A Ramage Civil
War Museum” page and
“like” it.
Even better – do both!
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Storer Property before it
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Volunteer Opportunities
Do you like the Civil people and you will find
can be intriguing and
War or history in many fascinating provide you with
general? individuals visit the activities most people
museum and that do not get to see. Help
Does meeting new conversations you have us out with your
people who share your can help you learn morebackgrounds in
interests excite you? about the Civil War or education, fund-raising,
other subjects that organizing public events
Do you enjoy being occur. or other such skills you
able to help people may have – or join us
learn? Volunteers also help out and let us help you
with special events and develop those skills.
Or do you simply enjoy tours the museum has
doing volunteer work? throughout the year. Not If volunteering here
only can you be at the interests you, please do
If you answered “yes” event to help our not be shy – let us
to any of these visitors, but you can know. Stop by the
questions, please also aid the museum’s museum and fill out a
become a volunteer at Board of Directors in volunteer application,
the museum. planning, organizing email us at
By doing so, you can and setting up the ramagecivilwarmuseum
take advantage of events, and guiding the @gmail.com and we
several different tour groups. This will email you an
opportunities. Our includes our formal application or visit the
volunteers staff the education programs that “Volunteer
museum during our we present to groups of opportunities” section
operating hours, school children. on the museum’s page
greeting visitors, at www.fortwright.com
pointing them in the Even if you are not a to find an application
right direction and Civil War buff, the that you can mail back
answering any opportunity to help with to the city of Fort
questions they might educational activities Wright.
ask. This gives you the and learn the inner-
opportunity to meet new workings of a museum
Looking to Donate Artifacts?
Do you have, or know them to the Ramage Please do not bring
someone who has, any Museum. You can call items to the museum to
Civil War era artifacts or email us to let us leave with us. We
that may look good in a know of your interest cannot accept donations
museum? and our collections or loans without having
committee will contact the appropriate
If so, please consider you to get more paperwork completed.
donating or loaning information or set up a
meeting.
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Dr. James A. Ramage

Visitors to the museum Dr. Ramage is what you and Outstanding Faculty
often mention Dr. think of when the Advisor.
Ramage, but for very phrase “a gentleman He has written two
different reasons. Some and a scholar” is biographies on famous
ask who he is and why mentioned. He is a Confederate generals:
his name is on the Regent’s Professor at Rebel Raider: the Life
museum, but many Northern Kentucky of General John Hunt
others often mention University, where he Morgan and Gray
that they took his class has taught since the Ghost: The Life of Col.
and how much they mid-1970s.He has John Singleton Mosby.
enjoyed his teaching. earned awards at NKU
such as Outstanding Dr. James A. Ramage
Professor of the Year

Civil War Links

For you Civil War buffs http://www.battleofperr http://civilwarinteractiv
out there, here are a few yville.com/ Perryville e.com/ This “do-it-all”
links that you may wish was the largest, site provides a lot of
to explore. bloodiest battle in information about the
Kentucky during the war, including a
http://www.itd.nps.gov/c Civil War. This site valuable “Today’s Civil
wss/soldiers.cfm This is provides a lot of War News” section that
a site for the National information about the links articles about the
Park Service’s system. It battle as well as the Civil War from
is great resource for campaign that lead to it. newspapers and sites
research on which unit a around the country.
soldier belonged to or for http://www.cincinnatic
the membership of a wrt.org/index.html The
particular unit. Cincinnati Civil War
Round Table site
http://www.civilwar.org/ provides a lot of
This is this site for the information about the
Civil War Preservation war, including locally,
Trust, a leading national and is a good place to
group involved in saving meet others who share a
battlefield land. passion for the Civil
War.
 Need Some Holiday Gift Ideas for your Civil War Buff
James A. Ramage We have the following  Our Moment of  A Yankee Goes
Civil War Museum new books for sale at Glory by to Gettysburg by
the museum. They can Chester Geaslin. Todd Patrick
1402 Highland Ave. make great Holiday
Originally Coleman. This is
Fort Wright, gifts, but be aware that
Kentucky supplies may be limited, published in the a collection of
41011 so hurry in! 1970s, the photographs and
 Recipes museum poetry about the
PHONE: reprinted it in field at
Remembered by
859-344-1145
Fern Storer, who 2007 with Gettysburg, by a
E-MAIL: was food editor additional local author.
ramagecivilwarmuseum
@gmail.com of the Kentucky information and
Post for 25 updated
years. illustrations.

We’re on the Web!

See us at:
Our Mission…
www.fortwright.com
The Mission of The James A.
Ramage Civil War Museum
is to inform visitors about
the defense of Northern
Kentucky and Cincinnati
during the Civil War and
how the community came
together to defend the area
during this critical period in
our nation's history. The
Museum preserves and
interprets Northern
Kentucky's unique role in the
Civil War through
archaeology, education and
research. The Museum also
informs visitors about the
history of the City of Fort
Wright and its neighboring
communities.

JAMES A. RAMAGE
CIVIL WAR MUSEUM
1402 Highland Ave
Fort Wright, KY 41011
Mailing Address:
City of Fort Wright
Attn: Ramage Museum
409 Kyles Lane Fort
Wright, 41011