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    Painting of American Loyalist James DeLancey

    The Society of the Cincinnati’s deputy director and curator Emily Parsons displayed a recently acquired portrait painting of American loyalist Colonel James DeLancey in his British uniform. …

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    1765 Frontier Rebellion Against the British

    Author Patrick Spero told the story of the “Black Boys,” 18th-century frontiersmen from Western Pennsylvania who rebelled against the British and attempted to sabotage their efforts to make …

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    Burr-Hamilton Duel and the Society of the Cincinnati

    Historian, author, and South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati member C.L. Bragg discussed how members of the society reacted to the deadly Burr-Hamilton duel at the time and how the event …

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    Camaraderie of Revolutionary War Soldiers

    Ph.D. candidate Rachel Engl discussed the subject of her dissertation, “America’s First Band of Brothers: Friendship & Camaraderie within the Continental Army during the Revolutionary Era.” …

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    Hanging of Isaac Hayne During the American Revolution

    C. L. Bragg talked about his book, Martyr of the American Revolution: The Execution of Isaac Hayne, South Carolinian. In this illustrated talk, Mr. Bragg spoke about the details and conseque…

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    March to Yorktown

    Robert Selig talked about the routes taken by American soldiers under George Washington and French forces under Comte de Rochambeau, to Yorktown, Virginia, where in 1781 they defeated the Br…

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    Naval Warfare in the American Revolution

    Dennis Conrad talked about America’s naval heritage and the changes in the nature of naval warfare during the American Revolution. Mr. Conrad also described how ships from the colonies, then…

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    The Imperial Season

    Historian William Seale talked about his book, The Imperial Season: America’s Capital in the Time of the First Ambassadors, 1893-1918, in which he examines America’s entry onto the world sta…

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