Historic Speaker Series Returns To Putnam Valley With Custer Discussion

PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. -- The Putnam Valley Historical Society announces a new season of “Our American History – A Free Program Series,” at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10 at Putnam Valley Grange Hall, 128 Mill St., Putnam Valley.

Capt. Mark Ehlers
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George Armstrong Custer will be the topic of the presentation
Photo Credit: *usma.edu*

Cindy Capitani

10/06/2015 4:00 a.m.

Capt. Mark Ehlers, assistant professor of History at West Point, will discuss “George Armstrong Custer: Before the Little Bighorn.”

Ehlers received his commission as an armor officer through ROTC at James Madison University in 2005. Upon graduation, he served as a light cavalry scout platoon leader in the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Riley, Kan. He deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2007-2008. Ehlers’ historical interests include the American Civil War, antebellum American cultural history and Modern and early modern Britain.

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