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2021 “ZOOM” LECTURE SCHEDULE
(Followed by LECTURE CODES and DESCRIPTIONS)
Cranford Senior Housing L3 Date and time to be determined
First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon L3 Date and time to be determined
1/9 County of Passaic/ The Dey Mansion 1pm L4
1/12 Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County 1:30pm L12
1/13 Township of Ocean Historical Museum 7pm L3 (abridged)
1/14 Rockaway Township Public Library 6:30pm L5
1/18 Colonel Thomas Reynolds Chapter, DAR 7pm L3 (abridged)
1/19 Somerset County Senior Wellness 11am L12
2/2 North Haledon Public Library 1:30pm L1
2/4 Mendham Township Library 7pm L3
2/10 Temple B’Nai Or 1pm L5
2/10 Cranford Senior Housing 3pm L1
2/11 Library of the Chathams 7pm L5
2/16 FILL at Fairleigh Dickinson University 10am L5
2/18 Montville Township Public Library 1pm L5
2/18 Bernards Township Library 7pm L5
3/1 FILL at Fairleigh Dickinson University 1pm L3
3/2 The Old Guard-Summit 10am L3
3/6 County of Passaic/The Dey Mansion 1pm L3
3/8 Warren County Library 6:30pm L3
3/11 Parsippany Public Library 2pm L3
3/18 National Society of the Colonial Dames of America-NJ (time tbd) L3
3/24 Edison Public Library 7pm L3
4/12 Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter DAR 7pm L3
5/4 Millburn Public Library 2pm L4
7/7 Bernards Township Library 7pm L6
7/8 Montville Public Library 1pm L5
LECTURE CODES AND DESCRIPTIONS
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*****THE “OVERVIEW” SERIES*****
L1-GEORGE WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
The Man...The State...The War
L2-AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
We rebelled...We fought...We won
LET OUR COUNTRY BEGIN!
L3-“REMEMBER THE LADIES”:WOMEN DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Women, Health, and Medicine during The American Revolution
L4-REMEMBERING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Mark Twain once said, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story”. How do you remember the founding of our country?
L5-GEORGE WASHINGTON and MORRISTOWN, NJ...PERFECT TOGETHER
It’s a beautiful day! Let’s take a walk. Let’s take a ride. Let’s “visually” explore the Revolutionary War/Morristown, NJ/George Washington connection. (Something you’ve been meaning to do for as long as you can remember, right? So, LET’S DO IT!)
*****THE “THEMED” SERIES*****
L6-“PAINTING” THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The founding of our country through the eyes of the artist
L7-“THE WHOLE STORY”
including:So whatever happened to Aaron Burr?
including:So why did Benedict Arnold become a traitor?
including:So did all those people really fit in that small boat with Washington?
Iconic people and iconic events in their entirety:THE WHOLE STORY
L8-FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS
Anybody remember Samual Adams? (Beer?)
Maybe Ethan Allen? (Furniture?)
How about Henry Knox? (Gold?)
It’s time we remember our Forgotten Founders
L9-FALLING FROM GRACE
The “dark side” of The American Revolution
L10-“WRITING” THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
“WE THE PEOPLE” Democracy:A 2000 year journey
The documents and ideas that created our country
*****THE “lesser known” SERIES*****
L11-“lesser known” GEORGE WASHINGTON
It wasn’t easy creating a new country, but someone had to do it!
L12-“lesser known” HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
You might know their names, now learn what you might not know they did
L13-“lesser known” AMAZING WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
They questioned! The resisted! They boycotted!
They fought! They spied! They even dueled!
The “weaker”sex? Think again!
L14-“lesser known” AMERICAN REVOLUTION
It’s the little things that count!
L15-“lesser known” BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
*****THE “AMERICAN HISTORY 101” SERIES*****
(Lectures in this series can be given individually, or in any combination)
L16-THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN ONE HOUR (1754-1804)
L17-THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION (1754-1776)
L18-THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783)
L19-AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1783-1804)
L20-from REVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION “CONNECTING THE DOTS”
Connecting...THE PHILOSOPHICAL REVOLUTION (THE ENLIGHTENMENT)...to...THE (first) AMERICAN REVOLUTION...to...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION...to...NAPOLEON...to...THE (second) AMERICAN REVOLUTION (aka) THE WAR OF 1812
*****THE “HIGHLIGHTS” SERIES*****
(A little from this lecture, a little from that lecture)
L21-LECTURE “HIGHLIGHTS” VOLUME1
L22-LECTURE “HIGHLIGHTS” VOLUME 2
L23-LECTURE “HIGHLIGHTS” VOLUME 3