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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).