Eminent Speakers for the Educational Symposium for the Reenactment

The humanities scholars who will be the focus of our symposium will be Dr. William Shea, University of Arkansas at Monticello. His book on the Battle of Pea Ridge is the definitive text on the subject. He is a professor of history and he spent 10 years in researching the battle before writing "Pea Ridge:Civil War Campaign in the West".
Our other guest speaker will be Dr. William Piston of Missouri State University. He is also a history professor and wrote "Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It". He is an expert on the Civil War in Southern Missouri, an important forerunner of the Battle of Pea Ridge.
Both authors will be the focus of our symposium and it will be moderated by Superintendent John Scott of the Pea Ridge National Military Park.
Professors from our local Northwest Arkansas Community College will also participate in the symposium which will serve as excellent entertainment between the two Saturday battles at the reenactment. The date for the symposium is Saturday, October 27th, 2007. The public is encouraged to attend.