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Life in Revolutionary America
2004-07-26T02:33:40-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b93/1404422033.jpg/Thumbs/attribution.Architect+of+the+Capitol.jpgAt Stratford Hall Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee, a discussion was held on early life in revolutionary America, as part of the annual summer seminar for teachers. The teachers asked questions throughout the seminar with Professor Emory moderating. The panelists discussed many different aspects of life in America during the 18th century as well as the way in which history remembers people such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Henry LeePanelists included Emory Evans, author of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown: Revolutionary Virginian; Peter Henriques, author of The Death of George Washington: He Died as he Lived; Don Higginbotham, author of The War of American Independence and Washington: Uniting a Nation; and Ken McGaughy, author of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary.
At Stratford Hall Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee, a discussion was held on early life in revolutionary America, as part of the… read more
Life in Revolutionary America At Stratford Hall Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee, a discussion was held on early life in revolutionary America, as part of the annual summer seminar for teachers. The teachers asked questions throughout the seminar with Professor Emory moderating. The panelists discussed many different aspects of life in America during the 18th century as well as the way in which history remembers people such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Henry Lee
Panelists included Emory Evans, author of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown: Revolutionary Virginian; Peter Henriques, author of The Death of George Washington: He Died as he Lived; Don Higginbotham, author of The War of American Independence and Washington: Uniting a Nation; and Ken McGaughy, author of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary. close
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- Emory G. Evans Professor Emeritus University of Maryland, College Park->History Department
- Peter R. Henriques Professor George Mason University->History
- Don Higginbotham Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill->History Department
- Kent McGaughy Professor Houston Community College System->History
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