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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