Meetings

The Edward Lea Camp currently meets at the Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant at 901 Commerce Street in downtown Houston at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month except January and August. Click here for a map showing the location of the Spaghetti Warehouse. Dress code for our meetings is informal but "proper attire," as required in most restaurants, is the standard. Camp meetings usually consist of a dinner, followed by a program and a short business session. Our programs often feature guest speakers ranging from local authors and academics to avocational historians with expertise in Civil War related topics. Notable guest speakers have included Andrew Hall, co-investigator on the ship-wrecked blockade runner Denbigh near Galveston; Edward Cotham, author of Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston; and Dr. Alston Thoms, chief archaeologist on the Camp Ford Civil War POW camp site near Tyler, Texas.

In general, Camp dinners and meetings are open to anyone interested in our activities. Thus, visitors and guests are welcome and, after attending, are encouraged to apply for membership. Wives and girlfriends are also welcome to attend and observe. For women seriously interested in our organization's goals, however, we encourage them to pursue membership in the Sarah Emma Seelye Ladies Auxiliary. Auxiliary members occasionally attend the camp's regular meetings but also have their own meetings six times a year. Their usual schedule is to meet at various locations on a bi-monthly basis during the odd-numbered months. Visit the Seelye Auxiliary link page for details.