First Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade 

Orphan Brigade Kinfolk Association Annual Meeting  

Bon Air Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, Louisville, KY  

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Members and Guests please come for
Fellowship  10:00 AM to 11:30 PM

 
OBK Assn Business Meeting at 12:30-1:15 PM

The Orphan Brigade Kinfolk need your help! Since the passing of Porter Harned in January, the Kinfolk need some folks to step up and take over the organization, so it can continue to function and honor the memory of the men of the Orphan Brigade – all members and guests are invited!

Guest Speaker at 1:30 PM - The Kentucky Humanities Council, Kentucky Chautauqua speaker, Betsy B. Smith, portraying
Emilie Todd Helm - Rebel in the White House

 Emilie Todd Helm was wife of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm and the sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. She had a front row view of history during and after the Civil War. This program relates protests aroused with her presence in the White House and details her life after the war in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and as the Mother of the Orphan Brigade.

Betsy Smith is an eighth-generation native of Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. She attended Georgetown College, graduating magna cum laude with degrees in American Studies (Honors), History, and Communication Arts. One of the many things she does include co-directing the Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama Association. Digging into Emilie Todd Helm’s past and bringing her to life has been a joy for her.

 Please come and join us on September 6 in Louisville!

(for more info, contact Geoff Walden, SCV GBHH Camp 1703, geoff_walden@hotmail.com)