2009 Napoleonic Conference

A REPORT ON THE
2009
Napoleonic
Conference
September 24-27

Statue of General Andrew Jackson in Jackson Square

Omni Royal Orleans Hotel
New Orleans

Entrance to the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel

Charles Osinski, society President, who organized last year’s conference, again organizED the New Orleans conference.

The Conference featured celebrated professional historians and well-known published authors speaking and sharing their expertise. n unusual and very entertaining concert of Napoleonic music fore the guitar with accompanying vocals was well received. As usual, the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel is provided gourmet meals and the convivial ambiance for which the New Orleans French Quarter is widely known.

The lobby of the Hotel

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, September 24

SPECIAL PRESIDENT’S DINNER
Grill Room at the Windsor Court Hotel

The Windsor Court Hotel is the only hotel in New Orleans - and in all of Louisiana - to be honored with both Mobil Four Stars and AAA Four Diamonds.The new Executive Chef Drew Dzejak comes to the city’s premier hotel from one of Orient-Express’s most esteemed properties, Charleston Place, in Charleston, South Carolina, where he had an illustrious career.

The menu showcased innovative contemporary American cuisine with Southern influences, local ingredients and a unique concept providing an upscale dining experience.

Friday, September 25

DINNER and CONCERT

Speaker: Sheperd Paine
"The Napoleonic Era in Miniature"

Live Concert
"Empire Aesthetics: Music of the Napoleonic Salon."

A recre4ation of the beauty of a Great Ladies Napoleonic Salon, with authentic music for the guitar and vocals from the "Golden Age of the Guitar" Classical Guitarist: John Rankin was accompanied by Soprano and Tenor Vocalists.

Saturday, September 25

MORNING WITH THE AUTHORS
A presentation of four renowned Authors discussing their new publications. A question and answer period and book signing to follow.

Professor Susan Nicassio
Imperial City: Rome, Romans and Napoleon

Alexander Mikaberidze
Napoleon’s Great Escape: The Battle on the Berezina

Betje Klier
Pavi in the Borderlands

LUNCH

Speaker 12:30- 1:15 pm
Lt. Col. William Colligan,
Defense Intelligence College
"Napoleon’s Strategic Ally:
The U.S.’s Contribution to the End of the Napoleonic War."

AFTERNOON

LOUISIANA SATE MUSEUM
We heard a special presenytation on the Museum and it collections, in cluding one of the original death masks of Napoleon. followed by a wine and cheese reception.

ANNUAL SOCIETY BANQUET

Special Guest: 6:30-7:15 pm
Marshal Louise-Alexandre Berthier
"Berthier’s American Adventure"
as performed by: John Beresford Welsh, Esq.

Alan Skidgell, Barbara Chambers, and Amanda McFail-Kehoe
share a moment at dinner with John Welsh (as Marshal Berthier)
(photo provided by Alan Skidgell)

Sunday, September 27

HISTORIC WALKING TOUR
OF NEW ORLEANS
conducted
by The Louisiana State Museum
10:30-12:30pm
A two- hour guided tour of French and American historical sites.