The 7th annual Mason-Dixon Civil War Round Table Symposium is scheduled for April 18, 2009 and will be held at the West Virginia University Erickson Alumni Center located on the Evansdale campus, Morgantown, W.Va. This year's symposium focuses on John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry as this year marks the 150th anniversary of that event.

The speakers for the symposium are:

Dr. Jonathan Earle, Associate Professor, History Department, University of Kansas

Title: John Brown

Dr. Charles Neimeyer, the Director and Chief of Marine Corps History

Title: The Marine Corps 1859

Gary Crowell

Title: The Effect of John Brown’s Raid on the 1860 election and the Civil War

Nicholas Redding, Grants Associate Civil War Preservation Trust

Title: Preservation of Harpers Ferry National Park

Professor John Ernest, Eberly Family Distinguished Professor,

Department of English, West Virginia University

Title: How to Give the Northern Man a Backbone: John Brown and the Antislavery Movement:

To register for the symposium, send your registration by April 1, 2009 to:

Dr. George Trapp

1377 Braewick Drive

Morgantown, WV 26505