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SEPTEMBER 2019 E-NEWSLETTER
You'll recognize that our ARRT-Richmond newsletters are in a new format. We're using an email software (MailChimp) to help us manage an ever-growing and ever-changing email list. This should help prevent lost emails, and hopefully give you information in a more readable format. You'll also be able to share these newsletters with others, and they can subscribe (or unsubscribe) to our list more easily.
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– Bill Welsch, President
OUR NEXT ARRT MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER 18
John Sweeney will present "Delaware's John Dickinson: The Constant Watchman of Liberty." John will discuss this important, but often overlooked, founding father. John will have his excellent book of the same title available for purchase.
WEDNESDAY, September 18th ~ DINNER at 5:30 ~ MEETING AT 6:30
Heilman Dining Center at the University of Richmond (map here https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=116a3cf8b4&e=daf64528a3 )
NEWS & UPCOMING REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA TOUR
We need about eight more people to break even on this trip. Please consider joining us. Be sure to send your check and information soon. All checks are now being accepted - both members and non-members.
The tour will be lead by Dr. Patrick H. (Pat) Hannum, Professor, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Lt Col USMC (Ret). This tour will visit three critically important Revolutionary War sites in the modern Cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake in order to help inform the important events and explain how the Whig Government ousted the Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, and British military forces from the State of Virginia.
These events largely unfolded in the fall of 1775 and culminated with the destruction of the City of Norfolk in early 1776. Strategically important, these events led to near uncontested Whig control of the State of Virginia for three and one-half years. The British defeat at Yorktown in October 1781 traces its roots to the critical decisions and decisive actions of the Whig Governments of Virginia and North Carolina in the fall of 1775. Check here for details. https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=5763cdba64&e=daf64528a3
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2019 PRESERVATION PARTNER
Members have nominated four sites for consideration. Please check these choices. Voting will take place in the fall, with all members eligible.
Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways Historic Park & Museum
https://gbbattlefield.org/about-us https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=83e343261d&e=daf64528a3
Poplar Forest
https://www.poplarforest.org/ https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=9e0b0711a1&e=daf64528a3
Red Hill
https://www.redhill.org/ https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=321b388516&e=daf64528a3
St. John's Church Foundation
https://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/ https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=30db79df78&e=daf64528a3
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BEFORE THEY WERE AMERICANS: SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=711c69c98c&e=daf64528a3
Emerging Revolutionary War and Gadsby's Tavern Museum are presenting a one-day symposium, "Before They Were Americans: A Prologue to the Revolutionary War," on September 28, 2019.
Speakers announced so far include Dr. Peter Henriques, Phillip Greenwalt, Katherine Gruber, William Griffith, and Stephanie Seal Walters.
The cost is $60 per person ($50 for OHA members and students). Reservations may be made at alexandriava.gov/shop https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=73e0b60df2&e=daf64528a3
For more information: https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/symposium/ https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=8ac6517d0c&e=daf64528a3
While you're at it, please take a look at the Emerging Revolutionary War website--it's well-worth a visit: https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/ https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=6dbd267d01&e=daf64528a3
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Behold, George Washington’s Last Tooth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokmOdq_x3kfeature=youtu.beutm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d2f729f634-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_04_Not_NYC&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-d2f729f634-70222105&mc_cid=d2f729f634&mc_eid=a2225b3313 https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=db4fa60e81&e=daf64528a3
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FROM DAVE RIGGS
With the forthcoming ARRT trip, you might be interested to learn that the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program has awarded $63,500 to the Great Bridge Battlefield Foundation. Historians and preservationists will use these funds to assist in research, documentation, and interpretive planning.
The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) is one of more than a dozen programs administered by the National Park Service that provide states and local communities technical assistance, recognition, and funding to help preserve their own history and create close-to-home educational and recreational opportunities. Also, Fort Ticonderoga Association was selected for a comparable financial award.
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DRESS LIKE A GENERAL
https://gearhuman.com/products/3d-gh-george-69?variant=14126542848052 https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=53b8b3a403&e=daf64528a3
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NEW VISITORS CENTER FOR CAMDEN
From John Maass about a new facility for the Camden, SC battlefield.
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/new-revolutionary-war-visitors-center-coming-to-camden/101-6b2dfe19-e5d7-4358-8bc7-7bba3d3c88bd https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=117b9fd25b&e=daf64528a3
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SWAMP FOX, SWAMP, TAIL ON HIS HAT
Here's the annual seminar information from Carole and George Summers.
Dear Patriots
Rev. War event/Conference: (& please forward this to anyone interested, thanks.) 17th Francis Marion Symposium Oct 25-26, 2019 Manning, SC Come to Manning, South Carolina for a Revolutionary War History Experience at the Francis Marion Symposium. Explore the Southern Campaign and immerse yourself in Francis Marion's world, discover Southern Campaign's significance.
This is a unique opportunity to celebrate the story of the Revolutionary War in the South. Southern Campaign, Revolutionary War, & General Francis Marion topics, including Evenings of Revolutionary War History Dinner Theaters.
Register now for the Early-bird discount:
Agenda for 2019 (order is flexible): :
Intro to Francis Marion
The Continental Marines 1775-1783: In the Beginning
Admiral David Farragut’s father, George, The North Carolina & Spanish Family Connections
Rebecca Motte, A first person monologue of her American Revolution Experience
Baron DeKalb & his friendship with Francis Marion
“Foot- Rovers” also known as “Raccoon Rovers” in Charles Town
Sampit River Bridge & the Bridges Campaign
“Running the Gauntlet: Interpreting the Battle of Parkers Ferry from the Archaeological Record”
Richardson-Sinkler Connections, Planting, Politics, Horses, and Family Life
"Avenue of the Cedars, Francis Marion’s Last Engagement”: Wadboo Plantation
"Buying Time at the Racetrack: 240th Anniversary of Charlestown Neck" & Marion's delaying of Prevost
See www.francismarionsymposium.com https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=995ff18d6a&e=daf64528a3 for the details or call 803.478.2645 or email [log in to unmask] mailto:[log in to unmask]
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BATTLEFIELD VISITATION
John Maass alerted me to this article. While it's specific to the Civil War, it also seems to have implications to most other historic sites.
https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2019/08/are-tourists-falling-out-of-love-with-civil-war-battlefields-public-historians-respond/?fbclid=IwAR0xnNjm5A9qKd8Ul0-jPqrcFIW2-6fDYlKmxRV4lbY-hclTjkAVIy2h05Q https://blogspot.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fd5408ecf8b2aa5c4f97ce2f3&id=c5ede23f20&e=daf64528a3
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REVOLUTIONARY RICHMOND
We are now into the second printing of our Revolutionary Richmond brochure, with copies distributed to local visitors centers and historic sites. If you wish to have a supply to distribute to your group or have sites to recommend, please see me at the meeting.
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Be sure to join us on Wednesday, September 18, for dinner at 5:30 in the Heilman Center.
Bill
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