Please welcome phillip greenwalt. Phillip is the cofounder of emerger revolution war and a full time contributor to emerger civil war. He is the author or coauthor of two volumes in the emerger revolution war series and three volumes in the emerger civil war series and one of his books is downstairs. Phil graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history from Wheeling Jesuit University and has a graduate degree in American History from george mason university. He is currently a supervisory park ranger with the National Park service in florida, you can ask him about fun snakes he might have seen recently. So with that, let us learn a little bit about why someone would want to burn down boston. [ applause ] i will move the microphone up, maybe one of them. So, yeah, im a park ranger in the everglades, so i did not bring any snakes so everyone can stay in the first or second rows, i know that was a big concern by rob and liz. But todays talk is centered on something a little farther nor
Wellthumbed on my shelf. I have assigned it to hundreds, maybe thousands of undergraduates over the years, one of the best books of historywriting ive ever read. His most recent book and the one on which he will be speaking tonight is the kremlin letters stalins wartime correspondence with churchill and roosevelt. From 2018. He collaborated on this book with professor vladimir and im sure will have some more information on that. The book includes the principle messages between the big three, and its not so much of a commentary that provides an analytical narrative as a triangular relationship throughout the war. A book of correspondence with letters from one to the other is very valuable, but it is the commentary, i think, that really sets it apart. It is based on a wide array of material from russian, british, and american sources. I might also add a few things, professor reynolds won a prize for history in 2004, was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2005. We have been fortun
Back. We had a great session last night. This of course is the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. Were meeting at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Were very thankful to our sponsors. Richard c von hess foundation, and john am jeanne roe. Theres a long genie all itchy to this topic. It goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal for me. It starts with insight thats brought out in the exhibition that is celebrated, here the life and death of a irish soldier. This explores connections between the American Revolution and ireland through the eyes of st. George, both a soldier and. Artist not a fine artist, a caricaturist. Of course we know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot here among the staff at the museum can reveal a lot about culture. This is certainly a theme that comes up. About 30 years ago when i was a graduate student doing research for a dissertation chapter in edinburgh, there was another graduate student at the
Notes on his clothes meant for meaningful moments in citizens lives and it helped prepare the community for revolution. The emerging war blog, cohosted this event. We saved the best for last. She hates me for saying that. Were concluding with a topic thats close to home here in alexandria. Catherine gruber is the special curator. And earned her bachelors from university of washington and ma from the college of william and mary. She has contributed to the new revolutionary war museum at yorktown, a special exhibition curator, she helped with ten nas tee, william in jamestown in virginia, which i urge you to see and also forgotten soldier, africanamericans in the revolution, open now through march 22nd, 2020. Kate will present her topic, a tailor made revolution. So please welcome my good friend, kate gruber. Good afternoon. So youve got to get through me before we can get to happy hour, so i promise ill make that happen. Mark twain said it best, clothes make the man. Naked people have l
And now, from alexandria virginia, the closing session from the emerging revolutionary war symposium. A panel of historians summarize their thoughts from the day and discuss the causes of the American Revolution. All right, cool, thank you all for coming out today. Thank you to alexandria for hosting and for the happy hour after this. We are trying to keep it as close to 4 00 as possible so we cannot get our beer we are looking forward to afterwards. You know, this is the first inaugural emerging revolutionary war symposium so we also thank cspan for coming out here to film this and, you know, its going to be an annual event so keep your eye out for next years symposium. To keep up with a movie emerging revolutionary war and everything we are doing, please check out our blog and you can also follow us on facebook and twitter to find out everything we are up to. You can also check out our books, rob and phil wrote a book about battles, in concord and i myself wrote a book and we got a c