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We are thrilled to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others at her textbook of people and a nation a survey of u. S. History. Her new book 1774 the long year of revolution is available per purchase following the program. Please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Its really nice to be here. I want to make sure the clicker is on. It doesnt seem to be. I dont want to show that one quite yet. I want to show you the cover of the book briefly because the little bottle on it is famous if youre colonial historian. Its in the collections of the map of the society and it claims on the label on it which is impossible to read alas that is contains t picked up from Boston Harbor or the day after the tea party. Its a quite wellknown object in the colonial america. I wanted to start with this verse from a poem i discovered in the new york journal which is a newspape ....
Its my pleasure to welcome today a professor Gregory Irwin of the revolution through world war ii. Its one of the great advantages of being in philadelphia that we can be close neighbors to professor irwin, whose work on the british army ands the American Revolution is extensive and nuanced and always inspiring of our exhibits and publications. In the development of our core exhibition, professor irwin played a crucial role in the display of the story of enslaved runaways weighing the promise of the proclamation announced by general clinton in 17 which offered somewhat vaguely protection and freedom of run aways who made their way to the british lines through consultation with a number of historians particularly of American History in this period. It became a really imperative that we do two very challenging, often ....
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 ....
Military historian Gregory Erwin talks about challenges the british army faced in adapting to north american terrain and battle tactics during the revolutionary war. The museum of the American Revolution, Pritzker Museum and the richard vann has foundation cohosts this event as part of a threeday international conference. My name is philip mead, director of Curatorial Affairs on the American Revolution, and it is my pleasure to welcome today to welcome to welcome today ,resident Gregory Urwin professor of American History from the revolution through world war ii. A longtimerwin is frien ....
Phil graduated from wheeling jazz with university and is a graduate degree from george mason university. He is currently a supervisory park ranger with the National Park service in florida, so with that, let us learn a little bit about why someone would want to burn down boston. [laughter] [applause] im a park ranger in the everglades so i did not bring any snakes, so everyone in the first or second row i know that was a big concern, but todays talk is centered on summit farther north and being a Baltimore Orioles fan, there are reasons why want to see boston burn. [laughter] today is the road to , at theon and Boston Center of that early colonial british comeo the into existence. I figured i would summit up in three days. Thanks for coming, we will take questions. [laughter] they are all important dates. The 13 british ....