Revolutionary Connections: The South Shore and the War for Independence

Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Presentations: 9:20 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

The Spire Center for the Performing Arts, 25 ½ Court Street, Plymouth

Schedule:

8:30 a.m. Registration & Refreshments

9:15 a.m.  Welcoming Remarks, Donna Curtin, Back Roads of the South Shore Chair and Executive Director of Pilgrim Hall Museum

9:20 a.m. Tea, Tories, and the Almost-Battle of Marshfield, Patrick Browne, Executive Director of Plymouth Antiquarian Society

10:00 a.m. The Revolutionary Life of Mary Cushing Lincoln, Michelle Coughlin, Author and Historian

10:40 a.m. A Comedy of Errors: Plymouth County Militia and the American Campaigns in Rhode Island, James Glinski, Author and Historian

11:20 a.m.  Coffee Break

11:30 a.m.  Mercy Otis Warren, the First Female Historian of the American Revolution, Nancy Rubin Stuart, President of the Mercy Otis Warren Society and Executive Director of the Cape Cod Writers Center.

12:10 p.m.  South Shore Stories of Bailey’s 2nd Mass Regiment, Stephen O’Neill, Executive Director, Hanover Historical Society & Director, Dyer Memorial Library

Registration $20 per person. Includes refreshments and presentations.

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Or, to pay by check, make our your check payable to Plymouth Antiquarian Society (or PAS) and mail to Plymouth Antiquarian Society, P.O. Box 3773, Plymouth, MA 02361.

For more information about the South Shore History Symposium, contact info@plymouthantiquarian.org or call the Plymouth Antiquarian Society at 508-746-0012