TUSCUMBIA – The Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation (CCHLF) will host its quarterly meeting on Sunday, February 16, at the Helen Keller Public Library in Tuscumbia with a program by Kurt Vetters, who will unveil the new MSNHA’s Civil War Trail’s painting of “The Engagement at Little Bear Creek.” The presentation will begin at 2 pm.
The painting of “The Engagement at Little Bear Creek” is a project of the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area.
Kurt Vetters
Vetters is a former U.S. Army Cavalry Captain and Civil War reenactor. He is an author and painter with an emphasis on historical subjects. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Vetters served as Executive Officer of Delta Company, 1st Battalion 40th Armor and was awarded two Army Commendation Medals. He is currently the Vice President of a medical supply company and is a former American Legion Post Commander.
Vetters has always had a passion for military history and has written for The Greenfield, Indiana Daily Reporter and Studio Magazine in the Shoals. He is currently a Master of Public History Student at the University of North Alabama (UNA) and has contributed works to The Byler Road Project, Historic Tuscaloosa, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area and the Florence Alabama Arts and Museums Department. He has two Civil War Novels, Confederate Winter and Freedom Spring.
Vetters is from Sheffield, Alabama, grew up in Birmingham, lived for many years in Indiana, and now resides in Florence.
The event is free and open to the public.
More information about the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area and the MSNHA’s Civil War Trail can be found at https://msnha.una.edu.
Media Release/Lorie Johnson/Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation
