Washington and the Continental Army, after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county and its getting of december 1776. They encampments ever locations around this area, including the tops in the only house which is also part of our park and things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriots cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid that the british were going to remain in philadelphia and take over the capital and you really knew that what he needed was a bold action and after meeting with his war counsel, they made a decision that on christmas night, they would cross the delaware and march to trenton to attack a post at trenton. As they began to march from the thompson has down here, a snowstorm it started and the weather was terrible, there was snow and hail and it was basically a pretty bad noreaster, and all of these men, 2400 of them all, had to cross the delaware and began their ma
To start off the afternoon, please welcome philip green walled, hes the cofounder, and the full time contributor to emerging civil war. He is the author or coauthor of two volumes in the emerging revolutionary war series in three volumes in the emerging civil war series. One of his books is downstairs. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from wheeling jesuit and has a graduate degree in history from george mason. He has a supervisory park ranger with the park service in florida. You can ask him about fun things he might have seen recently. With that, lets learn about why someone would want to burn down boston. There is a microphone. I am a park ranger in the everglades, so i did not bring any snakes, so everyone can stay in the first and second rows. Todays talk is centered on something farther north. Being a Baltimore Orioles fan, there are a number of reasons i want to see boston burn, especially fenway. Today is the road to revolution and boston at the center of that colonia
He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from wheeling jesuit and has a graduate degree in history from george mason. He has a supervisory park ranger with the park service in florida. You can ask him about fun things he might have seen recently. Why that, lets learn about someone would want to burn down boston. [laughter] [applause] there is a microphone. I am a park ranger in the everglades, so i did not bring any snakes, so everyone can stay in the first and second rows. Todays talk is centered on something farther north. Fan, a Baltimore Orioles there are a number of reasons i want to see boston burn, especially fenway. Today is the road to revolution and boston at the center of that , i figured isition would sum it up in three days. March 5 17 70, december 16, 1773, april 19th 1775. So thanks for coming. We will take questions. [applause] there [laughter] they are important dates. They disrupted the colonies. In as do not happen vacuum. Centralmic events are to the history of r
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to whom we are grateful for their generous support over the past several years and it s that kind of commitment that enables us the program to to bring to the university into the community outstanding speakers such as our guest tonight. eric j. dolan is the author of the fascinating book black flags blue waters. the epic history of america s most notorious pirates. eric grew up near the coasts of new york and connecticut and from an early age developed an interest in maritime affairs. toward that end. he earned a double major in biology and environmental studies then getting a master s degree in environmental management from yale. that was followed by a phd. in environmental policy and planning from mit where his dissertation focused on the role of the courts in the cleanup of boston harbor. erica s held an interesting variety of jobs many of them related to his interest in the natural world. the one thing that remained constant throughout his career. has said is his enjoymen