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For a sampling of the book, see the January issue of the Smithsonian Magazine for the article or click here for an excerpt.
Willard Sterne Randall's web site
March 2003 Paulette Marks "What's for dinner?
April 2003 Victor Brooks. Author, Historian and Professor at Villanova University. Subject: "The Boston Campaign"
May 2003 Dr. Larry Tise "Ben Franklin and Women"
June 2003 Speech: "Loyalists: An overview of the Provincial Corps raised at Philadelphia."
Todd Braisted, Co-founder,
The On-Line Institute for
Advanced Loyalists Studies
September 2003 Bruce E. Burgoyne "Hessians"
October 2003 Robert Cox - Manuscript Curator at the American Philosophical Society. "Sleepwalking in the American Revolution".
November 2003
Stanley Weintraub, Author
"General Washington's Christmas Farewell : A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783"
December 2003
Judith L. Van Buskirk, Ph.D, Author.
"Generous Enemies Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New York"
January 2004
Richard A. Ryerson, Academic Director of The David Library of the American Revolution
Subject: The Revolution Is Now Begun: The Radical Committees Philadelphia,
1774-1776
February 2004
James W. Mueller, PhD, Chief Historian at Independence National Historical Park
"Archeological Excavation of Dorchester Heights"
March 2004
George Matlack, National Park Service - Valley Forge
"Continental Navy"
April 2004
Carol Berkin
How Unhappy is War to Domestic Happiness:?
Generals Wives and the War
May 2004
Albert D. McJoynt
Mr. McJoynt is an expert on the French forces in the American Revolution. He runs the following site on the Exp餩tion Particuli貥.
"Lafayette's Virginia Campaign of 1781"
September 22, 2004
Willard Sterne Randall
October 2004
John Buchanan
"The Road to Valley Forge: How Washington Built the Army that Won the Revolution".
November 2004
John A. Nagy
Spycraft: Codes and Ciphers of the American Revolution.
December 2004
Todd Braistead
General Wayne's Attack on the Bull's Ferry Block House.
January 2005
William Sommerfield, Actor
He portrayed George Washington.
February 2005
Mr. Terry McNeely
Doan Outlaw Gang of 1770's Bucks County.
March 2005
Gregory J. W. Urwin (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame), Professor of History at Temple University and member of Colonel A. C. Vivian's Company, 23rd Regiment of Foot, Royal Welch Fusiliers in America.
Topic: "Cornwallis and the Slaves."
April 2005
Terry Golway, editor of The New York Observer
Topic: "Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution".
May 2005
Harlow Giles Unger on his book "The French War Against America: How a Trusted Ally Betrayed Washington and the Founding Fathers"
June 2005
Frances Delmar, Partnership Activities Manager for the National Park Service at Independence Hall. She spoke on people who lived in Colonial Philadelphia.
September 2005
John Buchanan, Author and winner of the 2004 ARRTOP book award. His topic was "Partisan: The South Carolina Insurgency of 1780".
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Caroline Tiger spoke on her new book (released June 28, 2005), General Howe's Dog.
November 2005
Noah Lewis appeared as Ned Hector, a man of color, who was a real life hero of the Battle of Brandywine.
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Tom Fleming on his book Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge
Filmed by C-Span for National TV Broadcast
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Nancy Wilson spoke on the Quakers of Philadelphia
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Ed Lawler spoke on "A Walk Through George Washington's Philadelphia White House". The talk will also discuss the slaves that worked on the property
Wednesday March 29, 2006
Glenn F. Williams on his book Year of the Hangman - George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Wayne K. Bodle, Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, on his book The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians And Soldiers In War.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Tom H. Keels spoke on America Lies Here: Philadelphia's Colonial and Federal Cemeteries. Mr. Keels has a website called
Phillygraves.com/
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
George W. Boudreau, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Penn State Capital College, Middletown, PA who spoke on "Franklin, Penn and other things"..
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Dr. Michael J. Crawford who heads the Naval Historical Center's Early History Branch in Washington, DC spoke on "The Chesapeake Bay in the American Revolution".
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
David K. Hildebrand, Ph.D. spoke and performed "Music in the Life of Benjamin Franklin: A 300th Birthday Concert" of 18th Century Music.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Dean Bennett, actor as Benjamin Franklin
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Dr. Todd E. Harburn will spoke on his book A Vindication of My Conduct and then gave a second talk on his other book A "Most Troublesome Situation" The British Military and the Pontiac Indian Uprising of 1763-1764
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Gregory Urwin, Ph.D., Professor of History, Temple University, spoke on "Through Fields of Blood . . . until Tyranny is Trodden under Foot' Joseph Warren?s Last Oration, March 6, 1775"
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Dr. Nancy K. Loane spoke on "Present But Not Accounted For - The Women of the Valley Forge Encampment"
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Steve Edenbo, actor as Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Charles Rappleye spoke on his book "Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution".
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Walter Stahr will speak on his book "John Jay: Founding Father"
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Dr. Stuart Leibiger of LaSalle University will speak on his book "Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic."
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Susan McLellan Plaisted spoke on "Tea in the 18th Century"
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
James J. Kirschke on his book Gouverneur Morris: Author, Statesman, and Man of the World.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thomas Fleming on his book "The Perils of Peace, America's Struggle to Survive After Yorktown
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
John A. Nagy on his book "Rebellion in the Ranks Mutinies of the American Revolution
Wednesday, January 23, 20087
Fred Minus on Samuel Supiton a New Jersey slave who served as a substitute for his master in the army during the American Revolution." and due to the bad weather in December a repeat of John A. Nagy on his book "Rebellion in the Ranks Mutinies of the American Revolution
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
John U. Rees will spoke about "The pleasure of their number': 1778 - Crisis, Conscription, and Revolutionary Soldiers' Recollections".
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Jack and Nancy Gardner as the owners of the Golden Fleece tavern of Delaware.
Monday, April 23, 2008
Edward G. Lengel, Associate Professor, University of Virginia and associate editor at the Papers of George Washington on his book "Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters."
Saturday May 24, 2008
A combined meeting with the "Friends of Valley Forge"
Patrick O'Kelley author spoke on the North Carolina troops at Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge.
Wednesday June 25, 2008
John Fea, Associate Professor at Messiah College spoke on his book "The Way of Improvement Leads Home" - It traced the short but fascinating life of Phillip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America.
Wednesday September 24, 2008
Hector Diaz on the Spanish Participation in the American Revolution.
Wednesday October 22, 2008
Bill Welsch, President of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond, Virginia will speak on - "Washington's Lieutenants, His Indispensable, Yet Unknown Men".
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Pamela Patrick White an American Revolutionary War Artist. Her talk is "The Revolutionary War through the eyes of an Artist".
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Meryl T Kryza on Jews in the American Revolution and
James Piecuch, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of History, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. He discussed his new book Three Peoples, One King: Loyalists, Indians, and Slaves in the American Revolutionary South, 1775-1782.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
R. Scott Stephenson, PhD, American Revolution Center Director of Collections and Interpretation. He spoke on the plans for the building and exhibits.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Glenn Williams on "The Siege of Yorktown: the Decisive Engagement of the American War for Independence."
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
George Washington portrayed by Dean Malissa
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tom Keels on "Franklin's Lost Philadelphia"
Mr. Keels told us about colonial buildings of Philadelphia that are no longer standing.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Clarissa Dillon, Ph.D. spoke on "Lewd, Enormous and Disorderly Practices, Prostitution in Eighteenth Century Philadelphia and its English Background."
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Robert A. Mayers on his new book The War Man: The True Story of a Citizen-Soldier Who Fought from Quebec to Yorktown.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Nancy Loane, The Women of Valley Forge
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
An Interview of Thomas Fleming on his book "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers"
Filmed by C-Span for National TV Broadcast
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
John A. Nagy spoke on his book "Invisible Ink Spycraft of the American Revolution"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
JBruce Mowday spoke on his book "September 11, 1777: Washington's Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia."
Wednesday February 24, 2010
Torben Jenk, Historian and Builder. The title of his illustrated talk was "How the British Army defended Philadelphia during their occupation from September 1777 to June 1778. An illustrated presentation of rare manuscript maps and the accounts of their designer, the Chief Engineer in America, Captain John Montresor (1736-1799)."
Wednesday March 24, 2010
John A. Nagy, Author of Invisible Ink Spycraft of the American Revolution will present a session of Revolutionary War Spy Technology 101.
Wednesday April 28, 2010
Barbara Mitnick presented an illustrated talk titled Picturing the Revolution: The Pennsylvania/New Jersey Connection.
Wednesday May 26, 2010
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edwin G. Burrows spoke on his book "Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the American Revolution"
Saturday June 26, 2010
Valley Forge National Park Theater, Valley Forge, PA 19002
A Revolutionary War Era Panel Discussion between Dean Malissa as General George Washington, Steven Edenbo as Thomas Jefferson, and Bill Ochester as Benjamin Franklin. The Moderator will be John A. Nagy, author and President of the American Revolutionary War Round Table of Philadelphia.
Wednesday September 22, 2010
Tim McGrath will speak on his new book John Barry An American Hero in the Age of Sail.
Wednesday October 27, 2010
Tom Fleming on the release of his 50th Anniversary edition of Now We are Enemies. His book on the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Wednesday November 17, 2010
Tom Keels on the Mischianza held in Philadelphia in 1778. It is from his new book Wicked Philadelphia: Sin in the City of Brotherly Love.
Wednesday December 1, 2010
Charles Rappleye on his book Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution."
Wednesday January 26, 2011
Meeting Cancelled due to snow.
Wednesday February 23, 2011
Barnet Schecter on his book "George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps"
Wednesday March 23, 2011
Meeting Cancelled by restaurant.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Todd Braisted on "The American Vicars of Bray": Altering allegiances and the recruitment of the Provincial Corps at Philadelphia, 1777-1778
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
J. Kevin Graffagnino on "The Quotable Ethan Allen."
Wednesday, Saturday, June 22, 2011
John A. Nagy on "Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution"
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - Willard Sterne Randall on Ethan Allen: His Life and Times being released in June 2011..
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - John Fea on Was America Founded as a
Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Kim Hanley appearing as Abigail Adams.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - Dennis Cooke will speak about General John Lacey & the Pennsylvania Militia
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Dennis Cooke will speak about "More Trifling Events During the Occupation of Philadelphia"
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