Lafayette is here!  

And we hope that you will be, too, at the next meeting of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond on Wednesday, January 15, in the Heilman Dining Center of the University of Richmond, with dinner at 5:30 and the meeting at 6:30.  Charles Wessinger will present his well received first person Lafayette.  Details and maps are here.

ARRT-Richmond was pleased to recently present a $300 donation to our first preservation partner, the Battersea Foundation, to assist in their ongoing restoration.  Thanks to all members for their support.  We will shortly be deciding our new 2014 partner.  Please bring your suggestions to the meeting.  And please remember that our year begins in January, so our $20 yearly membership tariff, $5 of which goes to preservation, is due.  

We’re also pleased to announce that the membership has approved our new American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award.  Thanks to the committee - Mark Lender, Lynn Sims, and Tyler Whitley – for developing the selection process.  They will shortly begin reviewing submissions.  Details will soon appear on our site.


Thanks to our friends who have send along the following.


From John Maass, information about Revolutionary Georgia.

From Bruce Venter, a story about the Bull's Head Tavern.

Here’s an interesting short documentary on Being George, the selection of George Washington for the annual Crossing of the Delaware reenactment.

Here’s another crossing, this one from Douglas Powell about the annual Crossing of the Dan Commemoration.

Our colleagues in the Williamsburg - Yorktown ARRT will host their first meeting on February 5.  Location to be announced.

As always, be sure to check the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution site for the most comprehensive calendar of upcoming Revolutionary War themed events.  Thanks, Charles Baxley.

And please support our business member America’s History at their 3rd Annual Conference on the American Revolution in Williamsburg on March 21 –23.


Please contact me if you should have any difficulty with the embedded links.  And please join us with a friend on January 15 to greet the Marquis.  Happy New Year to all.

Bill Welsch






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