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AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROUND TABLE of RICHMOND



Hamilton!  Revolutionary Superhero?  Randy Flood of the Williamsburg Yorktown ARRT will answer that question when he presents “Alexander Hamilton: New York’s Young (and older) Revolutionary” at the next ARRT-Richmond meeting on Wednesday, September 20.  We meet for dinner at 5:30 PM in the Heilman Dining Center at the University of Richmond.  The meeting begins at 6:30 PM.  Details and maps are here.  http://arrt-richmond.blogspot.com/p/2013-meeting-schedule.html

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This from the WYARRT - 

Fellow Historians & Friends,

Please Take Notice
What:      Virginia Campaign 1781
Where:    American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
When:     Saturday October 7th

Speakers will include: 
Mike Cecere ~ The Invasion of Virginia 1781 (2017)
John Maass, PhD ~ The Road to Yorktown (2015)


If you attended last year's Southern Campaigns 1775-1783 you know the quality of the program and speakers.  This year will be equally as rewarding.  Please mark your calendar, tell a friend and plan to join us.

More details to come shortly.


I remain your most Obt & Hmble Servant,


Jeff Lambert, President
Williamsburg-Yorktown American Revolution Round Table
http://williamsburg-yorktownarrt.weebly.com/

This is a follow up to their interesting and successful conference of last year that a number of us attended.  I recommend it to you. 

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While the first one has past, here are two upcoming lectures to introduce the new Washington’s Ferry Farm.  https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/08/29/lecture-series-will-introduce-the-new-ferry-farm/

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Here’s an interesting article, thanks to Gerry, my wife, about Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, from Smithsonian.  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/benjamin-franklin-estranged-wife-nearly-two-decades-180964400/


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The 15th Francis Marion Symposium is coming up in October.  Here are details, courtesy of Carol and George Summers.

Dear Patriots,

Rev. War event/Conference:  (& please forward this to someone interested, thanks.)

15th Francis Marion Symposium  Oct 27-28, 2017  Manning, SC

(& register within a month, get the early bird discount.)



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 will be included,

As well as Evenings of Revolutionary War History Dinner Theaters. 

“Times of Francis Marion, 1732-1795”

Tentative agenda:

Erick Nason: Rangers from NY to SC to Sullivan's Island- 

“A Warm Summer’s Day, the Battle of Fort Sullivan” - 1776

Christopher Hendricks: Battle of Savannah or Attempt to retake Savannah, - 1779

Peggy Pickett: Rebecca Motte in person

Al Truesdale: “When France Opened its Veins: the Influence of the French Huguenots

Sheila Ingle: "Patriots in Petticoats"

Wade Kolb III: 'Captured at Kings Mountain, The Journal of Uzal Johnson a Loyalist Surgeon' 

Karen MacNutt:  Blacksmiths & the Revolution 

Joe Epley:  Col. Isaac Hayne  - 1781

David Neilan: The post-war life of Francis Marion

Janet Danforth & Robert Moir:  Bloody Ribbons...The Women of Culloden



Symposium site: DuBose Campus, Central Carolina Technical College, 3315 Sumter Hwy., Manning, SC, ½ mile from I-95. Get the Early Bird discounts before Oct 1. 

Contact: 803-478-2645 or [log in to unmask]  Details coming to www.francismarionsymposium.com



Plan now for Oct 27-28, 2017. 

We also have DAR  & SAR group photos on Friday evening.

Thank you, Best regards,

Carole & George Summers

Francis Marion Advocates / Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society



Price $ 95 ($175 / couple) by 10/11/17 or 

Early Bird Fee by 9/21/17 $90 / person ($165 / couple). 

Francis Marion Advocates / Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society: a 501(c)(3), non-profit

PO Box 667, Manning SC 29102

803-478-2645, cells: 803-460-9626, 803-460-7416

Clarendon Rev. history: www.clarendonmurals.com  

Francis Marion Symposium: Oct 27-28, 2017: www.francismarionsymposium.com 





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The annual Crossing of the Dan ceremonies are scheduled for February 16 – 17, 2018.  More details will follow.

I hope to see you on September 20.

Bill


















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