Next Meeting: September 17, 2025

 

"Manufacturing Independence: Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution"

Our speaker will be Dr Robert F. Smith.

Bob Smith is Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Valley Forge Military College. He received his PhD in Early American History and Technology from Lehigh University and his MA in American History from Villanova University. He is the author of numerous articles on military history and the history of technology.  His presentation is based on his book of the same title, of which he will have copies available.

This in person regular meeting will be in the Heilman Dining Center, with dinner beginning at 5:30 and the meeting starting at 6:30.