If you live in, or plan to visit, the Washington, DC, area
the first week of November, you are invited to the American Revolution Round
Table of the District of Columbia program for Wednesday, 5 November.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 5,
2014, at 6 p.m. The program is entitled, "The American Revolution: A
Historical Guidebook " and will be presented by Ms. Frances H. Kennedy.
She will provide an overview of this recently published work (2014 by Oxford
University Press) which she edited. The book guides general readers, students,
and travelers to 147 historic places in twenty states. The places, are
addressed in general chronological order, and are drawn from the National Park
Service "Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary
War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States."
Frances H. Kennedy
is a conservationist, historic preservationist and historian. Her
other books include The Civil War Battlefield Guide, American
Indian Places.and
Dollars & Sense of Battlefield Preservation: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Civil War Battlefields: A Handbook for Community Leaders
Dollars & Sense of Battlefield Preservation: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Civil War Battlefields: A Handbook for Community Leaders
The ARRT of DC meets at the Fort Myer (Arlington, VA) Officers Club on the first Wednesday of September, November, March and May, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. For more information on attending the program, or the ARRT of DC in general, go to our web page at http://xenophongroup.com/patriot/arrt/arrtprgm.htm ; OR, send me an e-mail off-list to gfwilliams607@verizon.net; or call: (703) 360-9712; or write: ARRT DC, PO Box 137, Mount Vernon, VA 22121.
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