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2021 “ZOOM” LECTURE SCHEDULE
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
5/4 Millburn Public Library 2pm L4
LECTURE GUIDE
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M*****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-THE WAR OF 1812:From the FRENCH REVOLUTION to the BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
*****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