AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROUND TABLE of RICHMOND


On Wednesday, July 19, our friend Dr. Glenn Williams will join us to present “Lord Dunmore’s War: The Last Conflict in America’s Colonial Era.”  Glenn’s talk is based on his new book of the same title.  He will have copied available for purchase.  Glenn is a historian at the US Army Center for Military, a past DC ARRT president, and a past ARRT-Richmond presenter.  Due to summer dining hours, we’ll meet for dinner at 5 PM, with the meeting beginning at 6 PM.  Details are here. http://arrt-richmond.blogspot.com/ 


New old Virginia maps at Williamsburg from Dave Riggs.   http://wydaily.com/2017/04/23/colonial-williamsburg-acquires-antique-map-treasures-depicting-early-virginia-life/

Monroe’s actual home from Alyson Taylor-White.  https://www.news.virginia.edu/content/james-monroes-house-not-what-we-thought-what-comes-next-highland?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

From my Vermont friend Jim Ayrey, The Spitfire shall rise again.  http://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/museum-plans-to-save-revolutionary-war-boat-from-lake-champlain,509458

Bayonets at Valley Forge!  30 found in the ground.  http://ameriforce.net/stash-revolutionary-war-bayonets-found-valley-forge/

Bob Selig on the W3R.  https://www.c-span.org/video/?327130-1/discussion-march-yorktown


From Bruce Venter’s daughter Jessica about Fort Ticonderoga.

NY fort acquires wartime journals of Pennsylvania officer
               TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) _ Officials at Fort Ticonderoga say they've acquired two rare journals of a Pennsylvania officer who served on the northern frontier during the American Revolution.
               Museum curators at the historic site and tourist attraction in the southeastern Adirondacks say the acquisition of Capt. John Lacey's journals was made possible by a large donation. The amount and the source weren't released.
               Lacey served in Col. Anthony Wayne's 4th Pennsylvania Battalion in 1776. While Wayne and his battalion fought in Quebec, Lacey's regiment was assigned to work on the fortifications at Ticonderoga.
               Curators say the journals provide a glimpse into a young American officer's life in the field during a pivotal year in the Revolutionary War, as well as details of how 18th century military defenses were prepared at the fort.



The Annual Swamp Fox Symposium, from Carole and George Summers;

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”

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



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). 



From Tracy Perkins of the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation:

YORKTOWN, Va., May 31, 2017 – The Revolutionary War victory at Yorktown in 1781 was just the beginning for the ranks of soldiers and citizens who fought for America’s independence. Follow their stories after the war in the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown’s inaugural special exhibition, “AfterWARd: The Revolutionary Veterans Who Built America.”

Opening June 10 through November 27, the special exhibition will chronicle the post-war lives of veterans of the Siege of Yorktown, including Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, James Lafayette, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington and Charles Cornwallis, as well as lesser-known veterans.

“AfterWARd,” will explore these historical figures as veterans, allowing visitors to make connections with the lives of soldiers and veterans, past and present. The special exhibition is sponsored in part by Altria Group, with additional support from the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution, James D. and Pamela J. Penny and Harry and Judy Wason.

The exhibition will feature more than 60 artifacts on loan from American and British museums and institutions selected to illustrate Revolutionary War veterans’ ongoing contribution and influence throughout history. Among the featured items are a carriage used by the Marquis de Lafayette from the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana; a gun seized in India by Cornwallis from the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England; and a lap desk belonging to Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

Using artifacts, illustrations, short films and interactives, the special exhibition will examine Charles Cornwallis’ post-Revolution campaigns in India and George Washington’s vision for a new nation. Visitors will discover Henry Knox’s work as a key founder of the Society of the Cincinnati, the nation’s first veteran organization, and learn about Alexander Hamilton’s post-war life as an influential statesman who championed the still ongoing debate about the role of government in everyday life.

Visitors will experience the celebrity of the Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman who returned to the United States in 1824-1825 for an American “Farewell Tour” after helping General George Washington’s Continental Army defeat the British during the American Revolution. Discover the untold story of James Lafayette, an enslaved African American from New Kent County who successfully spied on the British for the American forces, and then spent much of his life after the war seeking his own liberty from slavery.

An interactive “Legacy Wall” multimedia display will highlight stories and images of veterans from all eras of American history, from Colin Powell and Johnny Cash to Neil Armstrong and Julia Child. Visitors are encouraged to add their own stories to the wall and find personal connections to the veterans of Yorktown.

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (until 6 p.m. June 15-August 15), the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown is located at 200 Water Street, in Yorktown, Virginia, near Yorktown Battlefield.  The special exhibition is included with museum admission: $12.00 for adults, $7.00 for ages 6-12, and free for children under age 6.  For more information, call (888) 593-4682 toll-free or (757) 253-4838 or visit www.historyisfun.org. 




See you on July 19th.

Bill

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