Im the president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution. Its wonderful to have so many familiar faces in the audience. And im pleased we are also Live Streaming program this evening and we will be on book tv and live on forever and ever. The founding members of the museum and members of the Revolution Society and people that are great supporters. We are pleased to partner and see them up on the screen. I know Tim Gillespie but all i can see is darkness. Tim and Joe Maclachlan so lets thank them. [applause] welcoming doctor Vincent Browne as is sometimes the case that not all that often in the exhibitions for the museum here so long before the shuttle was in the ground and the steel began rising in philadelphia it was exciting stories and a professor of africanAmerican History at Harvard University. The garden that won the prize and the award if there was an opportunity right now and the slave revolt in jamaica in 1761 and it is a narrative you can go online and you may be spe
Of the Revolution Society this is a wonderful fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. We are very pleased to partner with Haverford Trust youll see them up on the screen here. I know tim glaspie but i can see is darkness out there, lets thank them for making read the revolutionary possible. [applause] now it is a real pleasure to be welcoming doctor vincent of brown evening. As is sometimes the case are also welcoming a good friend to the museum here this evening. Vince was one of the group of scholars who consulted with us during the development of the exhibition interactions for the museum here so long before the shovel was in the ground in the steel began rising here at third and chestnut in philadelphia, we were tapping vincents brain for exciting stories of the American Revolution, some which really turn it a great personal stories in our core exhibition here. This is a charles worn professor of American History and africanAmerican History at Harvard Universit
In the near future on booktv on cspan2. Welcome to you all, im scott stevenson, im the president ceo of the museum of the American Revolution. Its wonderful to have so many familiar faces in the audience and im pleased were live stream the program this evening and we will be on booktv so we will live on forever and ever as 3 00 a. M. When you cant sleep. I will get a text from my father the following morning that says youre on television again. Im curious a show of hands id like to ask how many of you are visiting the first time this evening to the museum. Welcome to all of you. You are surrounded by many of our members, members of our founding members of the museum, members of our Revolution Society and this is a wonderful fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. We are very pleased to partner with Haverford Trust you will see them up on the screen here. I know tim glaspie but all i can see is darkness out there, tim and joe mcglocklin. Lets thank them for making r
Its wonderful to have so many familiar faces in the audience and im pleased were live stream the program this evening and we will be on booktv so we will live on forever and ever as 3 00 a. M. When you cant sleep. I will get a text from my father the following morning that says youre on television again. Im curious a show of hands id like to ask how many of you are visiting the first time this evening to the museum. Welcome to all of you. You are surrounded by many of our members, members of our founding members of the museum, members of our Revolution Society and this is a wonderful fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. We are very pleased to partner with Haverford Trust you will see them up on the screen here. I know tim glaspie but all i can see is darkness out there, tim and joe mcglocklin. Lets thank them for making read the revolution possible. [applause] its a real pleasure to be welcoming doctor Vincent Brown this evening. As is sometimes the case but not
Extraordinarily sincere thank yous to matt sick and a better phil mead and Scott Stephenson here at the museum of the American Revolution for approaching me with a request for a lecture on this subject for this particular audience. I think i may owe you all appear. I was honored by your invitation, and im very, very excited to be here. So how about a quick round of applause for the entire staff of moar, including their hospital staff . Our wonderful hosts for putting this all together. And. Scott, im going to go on the record and say that your scones are tastier than ron hursts. So ill take is there anyone amongst us who has not heard of the legendary duo of calver and bolton to our particular sect of nerd them . Theyre superheroes. They are, to us what batman and robin are to comic book geeks of all ages. Though no less ridiculous to our 21st century sensibilities rather than leotards in a cape. Our gents did their best work clad in starched collars, neckties and thick wool. William L