On Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00 pm, Doreen Stratton will partner with the Bucks

County Civil War Museum to present A BLACK MAN IN THE UNION NAVY, a Power

Point lecture about her grandfather, Joseph B. Stratton, a Civil War Veteran. The lecture

includes images from Stratton family documents, highlighting Stratton’s life prior to his

induction in the Union Navy about one Black man’s experience while serving on a

blockade runner along the East Coast of North Carolina.

This scheduled Zoom lecture, presented for Museum members and supporters, will be

opened for individuals interested in expanding their knowledge about Civil War History.

To register for the Zoom link, please contact civilwarmuseumdoylestown@gmail.com

Doreen Stratton, a third generation Doylestown resident, lives with her sister Judith in the

home where their grandparents, Joseph B. and Lillie A. Stratton settled in 1887. Since

2014 Stratton has presented Power Point lectures about The Underground Railroad,

Blacks in the Civil War, Juneteenth, and Doylestown Black History. A separate lecture

features abridged biographies of the first two military nurses, whose names are etched on

the Vietnam War Memorial.

Stratton’s blog of contemporary topics can be read on her blog, The Bucks Underground

Railroad which can be found at https://www.thebucksundergroundrailroad.com.