USCT  INSTITUTE OF HARRISBURG, PA sets its conference for
 September 20-21, 2002, as the kick-off event for the national symposium
 coordinated by the United States Colored Troops Institute over the next
 three years. Beginning with a reception Friday evening and ending with
 sessions throughout Saturday, the conference has attracted such persons
 as Black Entertainment Network's Ed Gordon, National Public Radio's
 Noah Trudeau, University of Houston historian Robert J.M. Blackett,
 and Frederick Douglass IV. Harry Bradshaw Matthews, national USCT
 Institute president, and associate dean of the office of academic affairs
at
 Hartwick College, will present awards at the Friday evening reception.
 The cost for the conference, including the Friday reception and Saturday
 lunch is $45.00. The Saturday program, with lunch, is $20.00 for adults
 and $15.00 for students. Tickets for the Friday reception only are $30.00.

 For more information, visit The National Civil War Museum website at
 www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org or telephone 717-260-1861 to
 make rerservations. The telephone number at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
 at Harrisburg, is 717-234-5021 or 1-800-2-CROWNE. Ask about
 specifical hotel rates for the USCT Institute's Civil War Confeference.

For further information about the national USCT Institute click
http://www.hartwick.edu/usct/usct.htm