Tom Perry will speak on JEB Stuart and his connection to St. Louis.

Mr. Perry, a leading authority on Stuart, grew up near Stuart's home in Laurel Hill, VA. He founded the JEB Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, Inc., a non-profit organization that has preserved 75 acres of Stuart property including the house where Stuart was born in 1833.

Mr. Perry's works include Ascent to Glory, The Genealogy of J. E. B. Stuart, The Free State of Patrick: Patrick County Virginia in the Civil War, Stuart's Birthplace: The History of the Laurel Hill Farm and the upcoming Images of America: Patrick County Virginia and Notes From The Free State Of Patrick.