Join us on Tuesday, February 3rd at 7:00pm for a much anticipated Speaker Event. Doreen Stratton will partner with the Bucks County Civil War Museum to present A BLACK MAN IN THE UNION NAVY, a Zoom presentation about her grandfather, Joseph B. Stratton, a Civil War Veteran. The lecture includes images from Stratton’s family documents, highlighting his life prior to his induction in the Union Navy. They depict a 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 all 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