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
Alexandria. And theres no or appropriate place to to talk about the history of the revolutionary. Then George Washingtons hometown here in alexandria. But im here to introduce our next speaker and one of our fellow emerging revolutionary war historians. His name is eric sterner. Eric is a writer focusing on american history, particularly the revolutionary war and the civil war. He writes frequently for the journal of the American Revolution as well as blogs regularly, regularly, emerging revolutionary war. In 2020, he published anatomy of a massacre the destruction of net in hutton, 1782, and hes currently working on a micro history of the 1782 crawford campaign and survey of George Rodgers clarkes Illinois Campaign that occurred in 1778 1779. In his former life, eric worked in the fields of National Security and aerospace, both in the public and private sectors. He also taught graduate courses in cyber power at Missouri State university, georgetown. John and George Washington universi
Alexandria, the city of alexandria. And theres no or appropriate place to to talk about the history of the revolutionary. Then George Washingtons hometown here in alexandria. But im here to introduce our next speaker and one of our fellow emerging revolutionary war historians. His name is eric sterner. Eric is a writer focusing on american history, particularly the revolutionary war and the civil war. He writes frequently for the journal of the American Revolution as well as blogs regularly, regularly, emerging revolutionary war. In 2020, he published anatomy of a massacre the destruction of net in hutton, 1782, and hes currently working on a micro history of the 1782 crawford campaign and survey of George Rodgers clarkes Illinois Campaign that occurred in 1778 1779. In his former life, eric worked in the fields of National Security and aerospace, both in the public and private sectors. He also taught graduate courses in cyber power at Missouri State university, georgetown. John and Ge
Were very proud to be here this weekend to be doing this symposium with the city of alexandria, the city of alexandria. And theres no or appropriate place to to talk about the history of the revolutionary. Then George Washingtons hometown here in alexandria. But im here to introduce our next speaker and one of our fellow emerging revolutionary war historians. His name is eric sterner. Eric is a writer focusing on american history, particularly the revolutionary war and the civil war. He writes frequently for the journal of the American Revolution as well as blogs regularly, regularly, emerging revolutionary war. In 2020, he published anatomy of a massacre the destruction of net in hutton, 1782, and hes currently working on a micro history of the 1782 crawford campaign and survey of George Rodgers clarkes Illinois Campaign that occurred in 1778 1779. In his former life, eric worked in the fields of National Security and aerospace, both in the public and private sectors. He also taught g
This upcoming 250th anniversary. Examining our american experiment as key. This revolution of ours created waves across the world. With its lasting impacts, felt even today. This symposium the world turned upside down the American Revolution. Its impact on a global scale. Well study the effects of this revolution that trans formed governments and the governed across the globe. Appropriate as we consider the birth of our nation, is to acknowledge the Ancestral Lands of our Indigenous Peoples on which we gather. We recognize the many tribes who moved through this region trading and drawing resources from the land and waterways. We honor their descendants today. Our community is shaped by the diversity of its people. Past, present and future. And we affirm that this is central to the values of the place we now call alexandria. I have a few important housekeeping notes before we begin. We will have 15 minutes of question and answer after each presentation. So please line up behind the micr