Image courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Southside Revolutionary Virginia 1775 Tour: October 12, 2019

ARRT-Richmond announces a tour of Southside Revolutionary Virginia (1775) on October 12, 2019.

The tour will be lead by Dr. Patrick H. (Pat) Hannum, Professor, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Lt Col USMC (Ret). This tour will visit three critically important Revolutionary War sites in the modern Cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake in order to help inform the important events and explain how the Whig Government ousted the Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, and British military forces from the State of Virginia. These events largely unfolded in the fall of 1775 and culminated with the destruction of the City of Norfolk in early 1776. Strategically important, these events led to near uncontested Whig control of the State of Virginia for three and one-half years. The British defeat at Yorktown in October 1781 traces its roots to the critical decisions and decisive actions of the Whig Governments of Virginia and North Carolina in the fall of 1775. 

We will visit:
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Norfolk
  • Kemp's Landing, Virginia Beach
  • Great Bridge, Chesapeake
To register, please send a check for $45, payable to ARRT-Richmond, to:

Bill Welsch
10708 Rocket Drive,
Glen Allen, VA 23060

Please include your email address, cell phone number, and at which pick up location you will meet the bus.

ARRT-Richmond members will be given first registration priority until August 1.  Remaining seats will then be opened to all others.

Direct questions to wmwelsch@comcast.net before the tour.

Click here for full tour information

Friday, May 17, 2019

"Murder of a Founding Father: The Death and Legacy of George Wythe," June 8, 2019

Author of the George Wythe biography, Jefferson’s Godfather: The Man Behind the Man, Suzanne Munson presents a talk on the man, his murder, and the Wythe-Jefferson legacy. Wreath-laying at Wythe's grave and book signing will follow.

Saturday, June 8, 2019
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
St. John's Church
Doors open at 1:45 p.m.

Tickets are $5.00 plus processing fee

www.historicstjohnschurch.org

Monday, May 6, 2019

"A Walk Through History": June 5, 2019

The Williamsburg/Yorktown American Revolution Round Table and Hampton Roads Tours LLC are offering "A Walk Through History" with historian J. Michael Moore.

The Tour will begin at York Hall in historic Yorktown at 6:30 p.m. on June 5, 2019. The tour is free for WYARRT members... $15.00 for all non-members.

For information, contact hamptonroadstours@gmail.com or voicemail at 757-243-2489.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

American Revolutionary War Round Table of Upstate NY

From Brian Mack:

We at the American Revolutionary War Round-Table (ARRT) of Upstate NY not only welcome Spring but we also welcome a new name. Formerly known as the American Revolution Round Table: Hudson/Mohawk Valleys, we decided to change the name to include a broader geographic area with our outreach. Plus, it’s a bit shorter than the prior name. Also, with a new name, is a new website, please visit www.arrtupstateny.com for round table events, details and more. We look forward to branching out and working with organizations who love the American Revolutionary War as much as we do.

James Madison as "Father of the Constitution"?, May 16, 2019

The 2018-19 Marshall Center Lecture Series at the University of Richmond presents the above-titled lecture on May 16, 2019. 

For more information and registration: https://jepson.richmond.edu/conferences/marshall/lecture-series.html