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Black Soldiers in the American Revolution

February 27 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

$40
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The Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) and Morven Museum & Garden (Morven) will host the PBS Cadwalader Lecture featuring local author and historian John Rees, at Morven on February 27, during which Rees will discuss the largely unknown and underappreciated role Black soldiers played in the fight for independence at Princeton and the American Revolution.

Rees, of New Hope, PA, has been writing for almost 40 years on the experiences of common soldiers and women in the armies of the American Revolution; his most recent  book, released in January, is Don Troiani’s Black Soldiers in America’s Wars, 1754-1865, which combines Rees’s narrative and captions with Troiani’s paintings.

There are two premier Revolutionary sites in Princeton, two of the most important in Mercer County and New Jersey.

Morven was the home of Richard Stockton, who signed the Declaration of Independence in July 1776.

Rees will sign copies of Don Troiani’s Black Soldiers in America’s Wars, 1754-1865 at Morven’s Stockton Education Center beginning at 6 pm. He will also autograph books at the event before speaking and Farley’s Bookshop of New Hope will have copies for sale.

Tickets are priced at $40 per person and the proceeds will benefit PBS and Morven. To sign up for the talk, click here.

 

 

Details

Date:
February 27
Time:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
$40
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.morven.org/upcoming/cadwaladerlecture

Venue

Morven Museum
55 Stockton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540 United States
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Age
13 and up
County
Mercer