Next Meeting: May 27, 2026

"The Battles of Spencer's Ordinary and Green Spring, 1781," John Maass

John is an educational staff member of the new National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, VA, who received his B.A. degree in History from Washington & Lee University. Receiving his PhD in Early American History at Ohio State University, John is the author of several books and numerous articles on early US military history, including North Carolina and the French and Indian War: The Spreading Flames of War; Defending a New Nation, 1783-1811; The Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of Virginia; George Washington's Virginia; and The Battle of Guilford Courthouse: A Most Desperate Engagement. John's latest book is "From Trenton to Yorktown: Turning Points of the Revolutionary War." He also served as an officer in the US Army Reserve.

This will be a regular, in-person meeting, beginning with dinner at 5:30 in the Heilman Dining Center at the University of Richmond.  The meeting begins at 6:30.