Brandywine Battlefield Lecture and Dinner

When:
September 18, 2018 @ 6:00 PM
2018-09-18T18:00:00-04:00
2018-09-18T18:15:00-04:00

Description

The Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates invite you to join us at The Gables at Chadds Ford to learn about our early American History while enjoying a seasonal cuisine. A different historic figure, professional historian, or author will be featured for this exciting six lecture series.

On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, we will have our inaugural lecture for this brand new and exciting series. This lecture will feature renowned author and historian, Thomas J. McGuire who will be presenting: “How King George III Learned about the Battle of Brandywine.”

The Archibald Robertson Map of the Battle of Brandywine was discovered in the King's Map Collection at Windsor Castle in 2000. This amazing document was created in the three days after the battle by Captain Archibald Robertson, a competent artist and talented army engineer. His collection of over 70 wash drawings, now in the New York Public Library together with his journal, are perhaps the greatest eyewitness images we have of the war. Robertson was an eyewitness and participant in the battle, and his carefully surveyed map is the most detailed image we have of how the battlefield actually looked. Robertson included fences, woodlots, buildings, and detailed topography. Together with a four-page key, he takes us through the course of the main parts of the battle, namely Cornwallis's flank attack and Knyphausen's push across Chads's Ford. This map is critical for understanding what actually happened at Brandywine and clarifies many of the primary written account of the battle.

Thomas McGuire is a teacher at Malvern Prep School and is the author of several books relating to the American Revolution and the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. Some of his works include: The Phildalphia Campaign Vol 1: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Campaign Vol 2: Germantown and the Road to Valley Forge, The Battle of Paoli, Surprise at Germantown, Stop the Revolution, and several other publications and articles, including the state park guide at the Brandywine Battlefield Park.

Ticket includes: Meal, Lecture, and Question & Answer Session with Lecturer

Date of Event: September 18, 2018

Ticket Price:

$48 before day of event

$55 day of event & at door

Time:

Registration/Cash Bar: 6:00pm

Dinner Served: 6:30pm

Lecture: 7:00pm

Question & Answer/Book Signing to follow

For more information contact:

Andrew Outten

Director of Education & Museum Services

Brandywine Battlefield Park

www.brandywinebattlefield.org

610.459.3342

Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission:

https://www.phmc.pa.gov

Pennsylvania Trails of History:

https://m.patrailsofhistory.com/

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