The Civil War Postal Exhibition and Symposium was a three-day event, which began on October 24, 2019, with the dedication of the Kaufmann Civil War Room in the American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. It was followed by a welcoming reception. The standing-room only crowd made it necessary to move to the APS Sales Division area to hear dedication remarks from American Philatelic Society Executive Director Scott English, Thomas Lera, Schuyler Rumsey and featured speaker Patricia (Trish) Kaufmann.