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Other Matters In 2006, Congress authorized the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Feasibility Study to evaluate the resources associated with the South's role in the Revolution as a new National Heritage Area and to educate citizens about the history. It tasked the National Park Service with conducting the study to evaluate its feasibility and suitability as a new heritage area. National Heritage Areas are places where natural, cultural, historic, and scenic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography. These patterns make National Heritage Areas representative of the American experience through the physical features that remain and the traditions that have evolved in them. These regions are acknowledged by Congress for their capacity to tell important stories about our nation. There are presently 40 National Heritage Areas around the nation. For more information about National Heritage Areas, please visit http://www.nps.gov/history/ The National Park Service is working with state and local agencies from both North Carolina and South Carolina to undertake this study. In drafting the study, project planning team members identified the following themes that helped define the significance of the Southern Campaign: Political rivalries in both North Carolina and South Carolina were catalysts to the outbreak of the Revolution in the south and played an important role in the conduct of what was in many ways America's first Civil War. The brutal combat during the Revolution profoundly disrupted traditional ways of life in the Carolinas. The American victory in the Revolution presaged momentous changes for Native Americans and African Americans in the Carolinas. This study will rely on the support and involvement of communities throughout the region. Individuals who would like to learn more about this project or would still like to contribute their opinions may visit http://parkplanning.nps.gov/soca. For more information, please contact Tom Thomas, National Park Service "Those who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with the future, do not perform their duty to the world." -- Daniel Webster
The Center for Lifelong Learning is located on Emory's Briarcliff
Campus at 1256 Briarcliff Road between North Decatur Road and Ponce
de Leon approximately one and one-half miles from the Emory Main Campus.
Mary Callahan is the coordinator at Emory. For more information call
404-727-5483. |
Calendar of Upcoming Events [updated November 05, 2009] Please submit items to post upcoming Southern Campaigns programs and events of interest to Revolutionary War researchers and history buffs. Before you go, always call ahead to confirm events and admission policies. November 6 – 8, 2009
– Camden, SC – SC Archives
and History Foundation Annual Meeting. Starting Friday,
November 6th at 1:00 pm with lectures: “The
Journey of Explorer and Naturalist John Lawson, 1700-1701 –
including Lawson’s observations of flora, fauna, geology, geography,
and Native Americans” - Val Green; “Joseph Kershaw
and the Founding of Camden” – archaeologist Kenneth
E. Lewis; “The Revolutionary War in the Carolina Backcountry
including its impacts on Native Americans, enslaved African Americans
and Loyalists” – historian and author Michael C.
Scoggins; “Churches in the Revolutionary Era in South
Carolina” – historian Daniel Tortora; and “The
Cash-Shannon Duel” – William B. “Rusty”
DePass, Jr. November 7- 8, 2009 – Camden, SC - Revolutionary War Field Days - 10-5 p.m. daily - South Carolina's Revolutionary War years come alive as some 500 re-enactors interpret life on the Southern Campaign trail. At 1:30 pm cannons roar as Redcoats and Patriots portray tactics from Camden's Battle of Camden (Saturday) and commanders' choice (Sunday), followed by military courts martial scenarios. Watch period craftsmen ply their trades. Listen to civilian interpreters share their lifestyles as you stroll through the camps. Enjoy shopping on Sutlers Row and watching a period fashion show and colonial dance demonstrations. Lots of hands-on activities for kids of all ages. A fantastic, fun family outing. Daily from 10-5 pm, admission is $10/adults, $8/Seniors over 65 and military, $4/ages 6-12 and under six free. Food concessions and free parking. No pets, please. Historic Camden, South Broad Street in Camden, SC, 1.4 miles on Hwy 521 North from I-20/Exit 98. http://www.historic-camden.net November 7, 2009 – Richmond, Va. – notable scholar Harry Ward will be signing copies of George Washington's Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army at Barnes and Noble at Libbie and Broad from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Details are at http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/3012978. He will gladly sign copies of his other books, too. Just bring them along. November 7, 2009 – Fairfax, Va. - Dr. Robert A. Selig, National Historian for the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, will speak at the Fairfax County History Conference on from his research on the route in Northern Virginia, now to be a National Historic Trail. Dr. Selig will tell of his discoveries of the true history of the march which passed through Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and Prince William Counties en route to victory at Yorktown. There have been many uncertainties about the route and many inaccuracies in the mist of historical tradition that surrounds it. Dr. Selig, a premier international scholar of military history, has spent many years researching in European and American archives to write the true history of the march. In the course of his work he has made many amazing discoveries. His last two years have been focused on the Virginia portion of the March. He has been funded in this research by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and by many local jurisdictions, including Fairfax County. Speakers also include Patrick O'Neil, President of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, speaking on the Battle of the White House, the naval battle that occurred off Belvoir in the War of 1812; Mosby expert Don Hakenson speaking on the Civil War in Fairfax County; Marion Dobbins speaking on James Lee's Journey to Freedom; archaeologist Jack Hiller speaking on the Origins of Springfield; and a panel of veterans of foreign wars. County archaeologists will offer tours of the county labs. A fee of $20.00 includes a continental breakfast and box lunch. Registration is by mail. Checks may be made payable to FCPA History Conference, and mailed to Michelle Alexander, Resource Management Division, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 936, Fairfax, VA 22035-1118. Please give us your name and address, email address, and any organization that you represent so that we can prepare a packet and name tag for you. Questions may be directed to Sallie Lyons, (mailto: lyonshare@cox.net). The Conference will be held at the James Lee Center, 2855 Annandale Road, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm and is sponsored by the Fairfax County History Commission, the Fairfax County Park Authority, the Architectural Review Board, and the Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center. November 11, 2009 - Camden, SC - 3:30 pm Veterans Day commemorative event honoring Revolutionary war SC Patriot militia Col. Joseph Kershaw at the Kershaw grave enclosure, Bull Street, Historic Camden. David Reuwer, editor and President of the American Revolution Association and others will briefly speak; free event and the public is invited. November 11, 2009 - Camden, SC - Special viewing of "All For Liberty" at 7:00 pm at Health Resource Center, Battleship Road: $15/person, $25/couple. Riveting tale of noted actor Clarence Felder's 6th great grandfather who championed Liberty's cause during the Revolution. Proceeds benefit Historic Camden and Actors Theatre of South Carolina. Reservations encouraged 803-432-9841. November 12, 2009 – Morristown,
NJ – The North Jersey American Revolution presents
Pulitzer Prize winner, Edwin G. Burrows will discuss his book; Forgotten
Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners during the Revolutionary
War. The program begins at 7:14 pm at Washington’s Headquarters
Museum, 30 Washington Place. First time guests are welcome and free.
Students – free. All others - $5.00. November 12, 2009 – Washington Crossing, Pa. – the David Library of the American Revolution presents Marla Miller, professor of history at University of Massachusetts and resident Patrick Henry fellow at the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, who will lecture on “Betsy Ross: the Life Behind the Legend” based on research for the updated biography of Ross she is currently writing at 7:30 pm. A book signing reception for her first book, The Needle’s Eye: Women and Work During the American Revolution, will follow the lecture. All events take place in Stone Hall, 1201 River Road. Each event will be followed by a reception in the Rose Gallery. Lecturers’ books will be available for purchase at preferred prices. These events are admission-free, but reservations are necessary; we will begin taking reservations by phone in August (215-493-2233 ext. 100). http://www.dlar.org November 14, 2009 – Stanton, Del. - The Northern Delaware American Revolution Round Table invites you to meet authors, scholars and aficionados of the American Revolution. Our program will feature Bob Mayers, author of The War Man: The True Story of a Citizen-Soldier Who Fought from Quebec to Yorktown. All programs begin at the Hale-Byrnes House at 7:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase. Coffee and dessert will be served. The 2009 Fall Lecture Series fee is $15. Hale Byrnes house dues are $20 per year. The Hale-Byrnes House is on old Route 7 just south of Stanton, Delaware, near the intersection of Route 4 East and Route 7 North. The street address is 606 Stanton-Christiana Road. Checks should be made out to DSPA attn. Barbara Miller, Treasurer 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, DE 19713 November 14, 2009 – Woodbridge, NJ - New Jersey Conference on the American Revolution - with Rich Bellamy, Clay Craighead, Jay Jorgensen, William M. Welsch and Arthur S. Lefkowitz (Saturday 8:30 am - 4:45 pm) $165 - $195 - includes lunch. http://www.cwea.net/2009tours/2009_New_Jersey_WEB.htm November 15, 2009 – New Providence, NJ – Jay Jorgensen and William M. Welsch will lead a tour: "Hardship and Heartache: Washington's Army at Morristown and Springfield." Following on the heels of his nation-saving victories at Trenton and Princeton, George Washington led his troops to Morristown, New Jersey for winter encampment. The location was excellent defensive ground. The Watchung Mountains shielded General William Howe’s British army, posted 30 miles away in New York, from the American position. Lookout posts along the ridge afforded the Continentals excellent vantages points to keep watch for enemy advances. Washington used the time to re-tool and re-fit his army as he prepared for a resumption of active campaigning against the British. But enduring the winter was not easy. The army sorely lacked supplies, disease was widespread, and a resulting lack of discipline all contributed to the Continental Army’s hardships in that bitter winter of 1777. Two years later the Continental Army returned to Morristown for the winter. It arrived in a snowstorm on December 1, 1779 and what followed was the harshest winter in memory. More than 20 snowstorms pelted the countryside and once again a chronic lack of supplies, clothing and adequate shelter added to the hardships endured by the soldiers. This tour will address these trying times for Washington and his Continentals during these critically important years in the Revolution. It will begin at the Ford Mansion, site of Washington’s Headquarters in 1779-1780. Then, visit Fort Nonsense and the Jockey Hollow Encampment area. There see the Pennsylvania Brigade site, Stark’s Brigade site, and the Wick House (headquarters for General Arthur St. Clair). For more information: http://www.cwea.net/2009tours/2009_Morristown_WEB.htm November 18, 2009 - Philadelphia, Pa. - American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia - 7:30 pm. Thomas Fleming will speak on his new book "The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers" (Release date November 1, 2009). At Cathedral Hall Building at Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road. Meetings are free and open to the public. If you want to attend dinner please contact John A. Nagy, President at paperman@hotmail.com for this month’s dinner location. http://www.geocities.com/arrtop/#_Current_Projects November 18, 2009 - Richmond, Va. – American Revolution Round Table – Richmond presents a program by Dr. John Fea on “Philip Vickers Fithian: The American Revolution Through the Eyes of 18th Century Diarists,” in the Westhampton Room in the University of Richmond’s Heilman Dining Center. Dinner will be available from 5:30 - 6:30 pm and will be followed by the meeting at 6:30 pm. For additional information contact Bill Welsch at (804) 755-1809, president@arrt-richmond.org. http://www.arrt-richmond.org November 18, 2009 – Wilmington, NC – new Cape Fear Revolutionary War Round Table - first members meeting at the Madeline Suite on the campus of UNC Wilmington. It's a noon luncheon meeting with Dr. Lawrence E. Babits of East Carolina University as our featured guest speaker. His new book, Long, Bloody, and Obstinate: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, co-authored with Joshua B. Howard, will be the topic of his presentation. People interested in attending and joining may contact Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr., in the Department of History, UNC Wilmington at email address is fonviellec@uncw.edu or office phone number is (910) 962-3449. November 21, 2009 – Charlotte, NC - Historic Mapping Congress – CCPC http://www.southerncampaign.org/merch.php December 1, 2009 – New York, NY - The New York American Revolution Round Table – 6:00 pm at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street. After a cocktail hour the members sit down to dinner followed by a program. Advanced reservations should be mailed to our Treasurer, Mr. James Davis. If, however, you prefer, Mr. Davis has voice mail at (718) 762-2817, should you wish to call and leave a message on his machine, or email him at JamesDavisW@aol.com or http://samson.kean.edu/~leew/arrt/meeting/current.html December 5, 2009 – Stanton, Del. - The Northern Delaware American Revolution Round Table invites you to meet authors, scholars and aficionados of the American Revolution. Our program will feature Stanley Weintraub, author of George Washington’s Christmas Farewell. All programs begin at the Hale-Byrnes House at 7:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase. Coffee and dessert will be served. The 2009 Fall Lecture Series fee is $15. Hale Byrnes house dues are $20 per year. The Hale-Byrnes House is on old Route 7 just south of Stanton, Delaware, near the intersection of Route 4 East and Route 7 North. The street address is 606 Stanton-Christiana Road. Checks should be made out to DSPA attn. Barbara Miller, Treasurer 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, DE 19713 December 5 – 6, 2009 - St. Augustine,
FL – Nightwatch Encampment and Parade December 5 - 6, 2009 - Chesapeake,
Virginia - The 15th Annual Battle of Great Bridge reenactment will take
place on the actual site of the battle. There will be two battles each
day; the Battle of Kemps Landing at 1:00 PM (British win!) and the Battle
of Great Bridge at 3:00 PM (Patriots win!) There will be military encampments,
colonial crafts and music, children's colonial activities, and a colonial
fashion show. Links with more info and directions are below. Ron Phelps
- Event Coordinator, 757-617-0189 December 6, 2009 – Washington Crossing, Pa. – the David Library of the American Revolution presents Edwin Burrows, Pulitzer Prize winning historian of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, who will lecture on American POWs held on a prisoner ship in New York City at 3:00 pm. The lecture will be followed by a book signing of his new work Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War. All events take place in Stone Hall, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, Pa. Each event will be followed by a reception in the Rose Gallery. Lecturers’ books will be available for purchase at preferred prices. These events are admission-free, but reservations are necessary; we will begin taking reservations by phone in August (215-493-2233 ext. 100). http://www.dlar.org December 7, 2009 – Morristown,
NJ – The North Jersey American Revolution presents
its Annual Dinner at the Basking Ridge Country Club honoring Randy Turner,
Superintendent of the Morristown National Historical Park. The program
begins at 7:14 pm. First time guests are welcome and free. Students
– free. All others - $5.00. December 8, 2009 - The New York American Revolution Round Table – 6:00 pm at the Williams Club, 24 East 39th Street in New York City. After a cocktail hour the members sit down to dinner followed by a program by Thomas Truxes, winner of our 2008 award for Defying Empire. http://samson.kean.edu/~leew/arrt/meeting/current.html Advanced reservations should be mailed to our Treasurer, Mr. James Davis. If, however, you prefer, Mr. Davis has voice mail at (718) 762-2817, should you wish to call and leave a message on his machine, or email him at JamesDavisW@aol.com December 8, 2009 – Washington Crossing, Pa. – David Library of the American Revolution - Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Round Table will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. The topic will be Court Martials: American and British, Leader: Robert Fanelli, Moderator: Joseph Seliga. The Washington Crossing Revolutionary War Round Table is sponsored by the Swan Historical Foundation and the Princeton-Cranbury Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. The David Library is located on River Road, PA Route 32. http://www.dlar.org December 12, 2009 - Mount Holly, NJ
- The Battle of Iron Works Hill. For info on the event
and registration. www.ironworkshill.org
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