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September 2018 – Benjamin Rush : Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
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The remarkable story of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our nation's most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men put their quills to a dangerous document they called the Declaration of Independence. Among them was a thirty-year-old doctor named Benjamin Rush. One of the youngest signatories, he was also, among stiff competition, one of the most visionary. A brilliant physician and writer, Rush was known as the "American Hippocrates" for pioneering national healthcare and revolutionizing treatment of mental illness and addiction. Yet medicine is only part of his legacy. Dr. Rush was both a progressive thorn in the side of the American political establishment—a vocal opponent of slavery, capital punishment, and prejudice by race, religion or gender—and close friends with its most prominent leaders.
Join us on Monday, September 24th was we welcome Stephen Fried to our round table to discuss his new book Rush: Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $25. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You need to write your name "legibly" on any dollar bill, and then submit that at the meeting. We do draw multiple winners each meeting.
He was the protégé of Franklin, the editor of Common Sense, Washington's surgeon general, and the broker of peace between Adams and Jefferson, yet his stubborn convictions more than once threatened his career and his place in the narrative of America's founding. Drawing on a trove of previously unpublished letters and images, the voluminous correspondence between Rush and his better-known counterparts, and his candid and incisive personal writings, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Stephen Fried resurrects the most significant Founding Father we've never heard of and finally installs Dr. Rush in the pantheon of great American leaders.
Stephen Fried is an award-winning investigative journalist and essayist, and an adjunct professor at Columbia University's graduate school of journalism. He is the author of the highly praised books Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia, Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs, The New Rabbi, and Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry—Inside the Minds of Married Men.
Posted by Jim Christ at 7:24 pm	Tagged with: American Revolution, Benjamin Rush, Stephen Fried
October 2018 – Israel Putnam
Did you know that Israel Putnam commanded a force of 500 men who were shipwrecked off the coast of Cuba? Did you know that in 1758 he barely escaped being burned alive by Mohawk Indians? Israel Putnam was born in Salem Village, Mass., on Jan. 7, 1718. He had very little education and remained nearly illiterate all his life. In 1738 he married Hannah Pope and the following year moved to Connecticut, where he bought land and farmed successfully, soon becoming a man of substance. When the French and Indian War broke out in 1756, Putnam was commissioned a lieutenant in the Connecticut militia and served throughout the conflict, rising steadily in rank until he reached a colonelcy by the time it ended in 1763. He fought in numerous engagements, earned a reputation for bravery and resourcefulness, and gained valuable military experience.
Join us on Monday, October 29th was we welcome Robert Ernest Hubbard to our round table to discuss his new book Major General Israel Putnum: Hero of the American Revolution. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $25. If you pay after 12/31/2018, the dues go up to $30 per person. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
With the coming of peace, Putnam returned to farming and also operated a tavern. He took part in the developing conflict between England and the Colonies, helping organize the Sons of Liberty in 1765. He participated in the political life of Connecticut as a representative to the General Assembly in 1766 and 1767. In 1774 he headed the local Committee of Correspondence and accepted appointment as lieutenant colonel of a regiment of Connecticut militia. When the fighting began in the spring of 1775, Putnam entered active service and in June was appointed by the Continental Congress one of the four major generals under George Washington's command. It was he who reportedly gave the command "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
In his book "Major General Israel Putnum: Hero of the American Revolution", author Robert Ernest Hubbard details Putnam's close relationships with Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and John and Abigail Adams, this first full-length biography of Putnam in more than a century re-examines the life of a revolutionary whose seniority in the Continental Army was second only to that of George Washington.
Robert Ernest Hubbard is a retired professor from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut and an adjunct faculty member in the college's Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. For over 20 years, he has been webmaster of major websites on American Revolutionary War general Israel Putnam and entertainer Phil Silvers. He lives in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Posted by Jim Christ at 7:28 pm	Tagged with: American Revolution, Israel Putnam, Robert Ernest Hubbard
November 2018 : Red Tape and the American Revolution
The Red Tape and the Revolution topic is the result of a quest that began many years ago. Bob Sullivan has been researching Continental Army forms, especially printed ones, for many years. The show how the Army became organized, specifically tracking logistics and day-to-day mundane tasks. Paperwork, where did it start, why does it look the way it does, and who decided what to track and what not to track. I have found about 75 examples of Continental Army printed forms, and the talk is about their origin, their reason for being, and how to interpret them.
Join us on Monday, November 26th, as we proudly welcome Bob Sullivan as he presents his talk on Red Tape and the American Revolution. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $25. If you pay after 12/31/2018, the dues go up to $30 per person. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
Much like a modern business, the Continental Army operated on a system of debits and credits. Every time equipment was given out to a particular military unit the disbursement was listed as a debit. And when equipment was received into the military stores, there was a credit.
The story of major campaigns of the Revolutionary War can be followed through account books. The vast amount of equipment the British surrendered to the Continental Army at Yorktown was, however, listed in the ledger book as simply "Credit – The United States." Through pictures and prints, maps and account books, Bob Sullivan will give us an understanding of just what the British surrendered on October 19, 1781, and what the Americans gained.
Bob Sullivan has been interested in American History as far back as he can remember. His history-related accomplishments include three summers as a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, summer employment at Ft. McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, and an article on the Pennsylvania Mutiny published in the Journal of the Company of Military Historians.
Bob's interest in military paperwork and books began as soon as he discovered that original paper was cheaper to buy than original uniforms and weapons. He has contributed his research skills and knowledge to authors, prop masters, and museum directors. Currently, Bob's personal collection of 19th century paper items numbers over 250 items. His reproductions of paper have appeared in such productions as The Patriot, Master and Commander, and the AMC series Turn.
He is currently employed by Springhouse Education and Consulting Services in Exton, PA, as an instructor and consultant. Bob has used his knowledge of computer skills and historic paperwork to create his successful side business, Sullivan Press, ongoing since 1989. He also currently serves as the Treasurer of the Twin Valley School Board. Bob is married with two daughters.
Posted by Jim Christ at 9:24 pm	Tagged with: American Revolution, Bob Sullivan, Red Tape and the Revolution
January 2019 – Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783
Did you know that at various times Trenton was occupied by American Continentals, Militia, British Regulars, Hessians, Continental Mutineers, and the French Army and it housed British and Hessian prisoners and Loyalist sympathizers?
Join us on Monday, January 28th, as we proudly welcome noted author William Kidder as he presents his talk on his newest book, Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
The story of Trenton between 1774 and 1783 is a microcosm of the struggles faced by ordinary Americans during the Revolution, struggles intensified by Trenton's geographic location in the State which saw more military activity than others and on a road constantly used to move and supply armies. Life in Trenton connected to just about every aspect of the Revolution. The story of the people who lived in Trenton, or who spent time there because of the Revolution, helps us better understand the hitherto untold importance of their town beyond the one well known day of battle.
For much of the war Trenton supplied a Continental army hospital and was a supply depot and transfer point employing local people to get supplies to the army at many places including Valley Forge and Morristown. Trenton was not the State capital, it was only a county seat, but its location made it the spot chosen for the new State government to sit for a great deal of time, another strain on the town's resources. All this activity provided stress for some and opportunities for others, but everyone had to deal with it on a daily basis.
William L. "Larry" Kidder was born in California and raised in California, Indiana, New York, and New Jersey. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Larry served four years of active duty in the US Navy and was assigned to the US Navy Research and Development Unit, Vietnam and then the destroyer USS Brownson (DD868) home ported in Newport, Rhode Island. In the 1980s he was the lead researcher and writer for the creation of the Admiral Arleigh Burke National Destroyermen's Museum aboard the destroyer museum ship USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD850) at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Larry is a retired high school history teacher who taught for forty years in both public and private schools. He considers teaching to be both his vocation and avocation. During his 32 years of teaching at The Hun School of Princeton he enjoyed designing courses that gave his students the opportunity to develop the thinking, research, and writing skills that result from "doing history" and not just learning facts for a test.
For more than twenty-five years, Larry has been a volunteer at the Howell Living History Farm, part of the Mercer County Park System, in Hopewell, New Jersey. For varying lengths of time he has volunteered as an historian, interpreter, webmaster, and draft horse teamster.
Larry is active in historical societies in Ewing, Hopewell, and Lawrence townships. He is an avid member of the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM), the Washington's Crossing Roundtable of the American Revolution, and the New Jersey Living History Advisory Council. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Crossroads of the American Revolution and is working with Crossroads as volunteer coordinator and editor of its Meet Your Revolutionary Neighbors project.
Posted by Jim Christ at 8:01 pm	Tagged with: American Revolution, Crossroads of the Revolution, Trenton, William L. "Larry" Kidder
February 2019: Benjamin Franklin's Navy
While many Americans know of Benjamin Franklin's remarkable accomplishments on behalf of the United States during his years as Minister to France during the Revolution, the story of his acting as unofficial leader of the Continental Navy in Europe is rarely told. It is a rollicking combination of adventure, intrigue, victory, tragedy, and some comedy for good measure. And its players include sea captains, kings, spies, wives and mistresses – all handled by Franklin with his usual wisdom, forbearance, vision, and wit.
Join us on Monday, February 25th, as we proudly welcome noted author Tim McGrath as he presents his talk on Benjamin Franklin's Navy. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
The colonies indeed needed help of every description–men, money, equipment, ships, and all things to fight a successful war. The long years of enmity between France and Britain opened the way for the leadership of Franklin. And he was not only the man to exploit it, but also the reason for the acceptance of thirteen states as a recognized nation in the world of nations.
During his long career of service, we shall never know how many men sought commissions in the Revolution. But this much we do know–that Franklin was never deceived, as he never held out any hope for a commission unless the applicant had the ability in his chosen field. One of the men aided very early was John Paul Jones; and as an Admiral in the little American Navy composed of two ships under his command, he took those two ships and sailed into English waters for a fight. In a terrific battle, two proud English ships surrendered; and they were brought into French waters as American prizes.
When the United States flag, the red, white, and blue, became the official flag of the country in June, 1777, the French Navy saluted it as the first of all nations.
Tim McGrath receives the 2010 ARRTOP Book of the Year Award from John Nagy (6/20013)
Tim McGrath (BA History, Temple University '74) is a business executive who lives outside of Philadelphia. He has served on the board of directors of Independence Seaport Museum, Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, New Courtland Elder Services, the Kearsley Retirement Community (founded by Benjamin Franklin's physician), Philadelphia Senior Centers, and Christ Church Hospital. Tim is the author of John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail and the author of Give Me a Fast Ship. Tim's books have received the 2016 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, the Commodore Barry Book Award for Maritime Literature, the Marion Brewington Award for Naval Literature (sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society), the Military Order of St. Louis, and the American Revolution Round Table of New York Book of the Year Award. But most importantly the 2010 ARRTOP book award.
His many interests, including tennis, horseback riding, and sailing, are limited only by creaking knees and a fickle rotator cuff.
March 2019 : The Southern Campaign
The Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War was the central area of operations in North America in the second half of the American Revolutionary War. During the first three years of the conflict, the largest military encounters were in the north, focused on campaigns around the cities of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. After the failure of the Saratoga campaign, the British largely abandoned operations in the Middle Colonies and pursued peace through subjugation in the Southern Colonies. This presentation explores the overall Southern strategy, battles, personnel and military tactics and innovations including use of Maham Towers.
Join us on Monday, March 25th, as we welcome NPS Ranger David Lawrence as he presents The Southern Campaign. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
In late 1778, Germain directed the British to begin their campaign in the small, sparsely populated, and heavily divided colony of Georgia. The Southern Strategy initially achieved success there with the British capture of the colony's major port, Savannah, and the defection of thousands of colonists to the British in December 1778. The next year witnessed continued success of the Southern Strategy when, due to a series of logistical and diplomatic blunders, a Franco-American siege failed to recapture Savannah. Perhaps the single-most devastating event for America in the entire war then occurred at Charleston, an American-held city since the start of the Revolution, in May 1780. After a six-week siege of Charleston by British land and naval forces, American General Benjamin Lincoln, outnumbered and outsmarted by British forces under generals Henry Clinton and Lord Charles Cornwallis, surrendered over five thousand troops and an ample amount of Continental supplies. American Major General William Moultrie of South Carolina, who aided the American forces defending Charleston against the British, remarked on the desperate state of the American cause, stating that "at this time, there never was a country in greater confusion and consternation."
After Charleston's fall, Cornwallis, whom Clinton had appointed commander of the Southern Department before returning to New York, began the task of fanning his troops into the southern back-country. The summer of 1780 was demoralizing not only for the South, but for the entire American war effort, especially after American General Horatio Gates's humiliating defeat against Cornwallis at the Battle of Camden on August 16. As the British achieved initial success, however, their harsh practices in the South, such as the brutality of officers like Colonel Banastre Tarleton, began to incite feelings of resentment among southerners. Tarleton's actions in allowing his cavalrymen to slaughter most of an American force at the Battle of Waxhaws in late May 1780 made him infamous for cruelty in the South. An American doctor present at Waxhaws recounted the massacre to be a "scene of indiscriminate carnage never surpassed by the ruthless atrocities of the most barbarous savages." As a result, a fierce partisan war between an ever-growing number of American patriots and a shrinking number of loyalists ensued in the South from 1780 to 1782.
Cornwallis's plan to subjugate the South involved turning control of one state after another to loyalists. The strategy failed, however, when patriot militiamen and even civilians attacked and gained control of loyalist strongholds left behind by Cornwallis's main army. Guerilla bands led by back-country patriots such as Thomas Sumter also began attacking supply trains of Cornwallis and his army. Southern patriot militiamen proved their growing strength over loyalist forces at the decisive Battle of King's Mountain in the North Carolina back-country in October 1780. The Battle of King's Mountain produced the first major American victory in the South since Savannah's capture, and boosted the morale of southern patriots. Continued success of Continental troops under the capable American general Nathanael Greene, who was chosen to head the Southern Department in 1780, also hastened the demise of Britain's Southern Strategy as 1781 dawned.
George Washington's most trusted commander, Greene pursued a successful Fabian strategy against Cornwallis's army. By dividing his army and allowing Cornwallis to chase him through the Carolina's and into Virginia in early 1781, Greene and one of his equally capable generals, Daniel Morgan, secured victory over the British at the Battle of Cowpens in January 1781. Two months later, Greene secured another strategic victory even while technically losing at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Cornwallis lost a quarter of his army in the battle, leading him to abandon the back-country of the Carolina's and move his army to Wilmington on the North Carolina coast to resupply and rest his troops. Cornwallis's unsanctioned decision to then march his army to Yorktown, Virginia, effectively hastened the end of the British Southern Strategy.
David Lawrence is a Park Guide at Valley Forge National Historical Park, a place with which he shares a long history. Growing up in Levittown, PA, he first visited Valley Forge as a little boy at the 1976 Bicentennial. He began working here as a tour bus driver while in college in the early 90s, working alongside his parents. After college, he worked as a social studies teacher. He began working in the National Park Service in 2004, with stints at Richmond National Battlefield Park, Morristown National Historical Park, and the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument. In 2012, he found himself returning to Valley Forge, and has now become a permanent Park Guide at the site.
April 9 2019 – Special Presentation: THE LIFE OF JOHN ANDRE
A new biography of John André, head of British secret services in the Revolutionary War, who was captured in 1780 and hanged as a spy.
Join us on Tuesday, April 9th, 2019, as we welcome noted British author Douglas Ronald as he presents The Life of John Andre: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
John André was head of the British Army's Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most bitter and, ultimately, decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of a high-ranking American officer—General Benedict Arnold. Arnold—his name for ever synonymous with treason in American folklore—had recently been appointed commander of West Point and agreed, through André, to turn over to the British this strategically vital fort on the upper reaches of the Hudson River. Control of the fort would interrupt lines of communication between New England and the southern colonies, seriously impeding military operations against the British. The plan was also to simultaneously kidnap General George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. By these two masterstrokes, the British believed they could end rebel resistance.
The secret negotiations between Arnold and André were protracted and fraught with danger. Arnold's new wife, Peggy became the go-between in the negotiations. Arnold insisted that, to complete negotiations, he and André must meet face to face. At the dead of night on September 21st 1780 the two rendezvoused in no-man's-land. Sir Henry Clinton, commander of British forces in North America and André's immediate superior, agreed to this meeting but with three strict conditions: that André not go within the American lines; that he remain in uniform; and that he carry away from the meeting no incriminating papers. Thus, if caught, André could not be treated as a spy.
Yet, when André was captured forty-eight hours later, he was within American lines, had changed into civilian clothes and was carrying maps of West Point hidden in his boots. The Americans had no option other than to treat him as a spy, especially when he himself admitted this. He was convicted by military tribunal and hanged—his death lamented both in America and England.
While biographers agree on the facts of this tragic episode, they disagree on André's motives and why he chose to sacrifice himself. This new biography of André puts forward a new answer to this mystery—not only why he acted as he did, but how he wished others to see his actions.
D.A.B. Ronald is a writer and historian. He studied at Edinburgh University, where he gained a Master of Arts Honours Degree in History and French, and is currently completing a PhD at Exeter University on contemporary representation of boy sailors in Britain's Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. After a 30-year career in merchant banking, during which he lived overseas for many years – in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and the United States – Douglas returned to the U.K. Now a full-time writer, he is researching a companion volume to Young Nelsons on the boy soldiers who served during the Napoleonic Wars.
Posted by Jim Christ at 10:17 pm	Tagged with: American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, John Andre
April 2019: Archaeology and the Exploration and Preservation of Revolutionary War Battlefields
This illustrated lecture will offer an overview of the current national and regional efforts for investigating and safeguarding Revolutionary War battlefields and military sites. Battlefields discussed will include Princeton, Brandywine, Red Bank, and Cooch's Bridge. We will look at the history, archaeology, and preservation efforts at these important places, and discuss some of the new interpretations that the renewed interest in these sites has generated.
Join us on Monday, April 29th, as we proudly welcome noted historical archaeologist Wade Catts as he presents his talk on Archaeology and the Exploration and Preservation of Revolutionary War Battlefields. Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
Wade P. Catts, MA, RPA is the President of South River Heritage Consulting, LLC. He is an historical archaeologist specializing in history, archaeology, and historic preservation. He has more than 35 years of experience in the field of cultural resource management. Formerly a Director and Principal Archaeologist with John Milner Associates (1993-2014) and Regional Director with Commonwealth Heritage Group (2014-2017), his work experience also includes cultural resource management with academic and government agencies. He holds a graduate degree in American History from the University of Delaware (1988). A Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA), Wade is a member of Society for Historical Archaeology, the Council for Northeast Historical Archeology, the Company of Military Historians, and the Society of Military History. His research interests include the history of farmsteads and agricultural landscapes, military history and archaeology, environmental history, African-American studies, and Middle Atlantic regional history and historic preservation. His Revolutionary War site experience includes multiple projects in New Jersey (Raritan Landing, Beverwyck, Short Hills, Princeton, Fort Mercer), Pennsylvania (Brandywine, Paoli, Valley Forge, Camp Security, French Creek Powder Works), Delaware (Cooch's Bridge), New York (Schuylerville, Bennington), and Vermont (Hubbardton). He has extensive experience with Princeton Battlefield, co-authored of several ABPP-funded studies of the engagement, and has worked with the Civil War Trust in its preservation efforts at Princeton and Brandywine battlefields. He has authored or co-authored articles in Historical Archaeology, North American Archaeologist, Northeast Historical Archaeology, Delaware History, Advances in Archaeological Practice, and The Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Delaware. With the assistance of a McKinstry Award from the Delaware Heritage Commission, he is completing a book on the history and archaeology of the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, Delaware's only Revolutionary War engagement. He has recently completed a chapter about the battle of Cooch's Bridge to be included in a edited volume on the archaeology of asymmetrical warfare to be published in 2019 by The University of Alabama Press, and co-authored a chapter detailing the archaeology of a target range discovered at the Valley Forge Encampment, to be published by the University of Florida Press.
May 2019: Battle of Hubbarton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America
British and German troops ran into stubborn American resistance in Hubbardton on July 7, 1777. After nearly four hours of intense fighting, Crown forces would win the day, but this contest would ultimately contribute to turning the tide for the Patriot cause.
In the fields and hills around Hubbardton, a tenacious American rear guard of about 1200 men derailed British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne's plan for a quick march to Albany. Hubbardton was also the first close action heavy fighting between a combined British and German expeditionary force and the American northern army during Burgoyne's campaign, a plan which had three British armies converging on Albany to split the Colonies by controlling the Hudson River.
Join us on Monday, May 20th was we welcome Dr. Bruce M. Venter who will be speaking about his book The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America . Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
Burgoyne's Redcoats won a tactical victory, but they suffered precious, irreplaceable losses. Patriots under Col. Seth Warner, 34, with his Green Mountain Boys along with troops from New Hampshire and Massachusetts left the British and Germans bloodied, but in control of the field.
Three months later, again after more heavy fighting, Burgoyne and his weakened army surrendered at Saratoga on Oct. 17, 1777, paving the way for a French alliance. Burgoyne's defeat at the hands of a "rabble in arms" would eventually usher in American independence four years later at Yorktown.
After capturing Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence on Lake Champlain on July 6, with nary a shot being fired, Gen. Burgoyne ordered a pursuit of the retreating, demoralized Continental Army under Maj. Gen Arthur St. Clair.
Burgoyne penned an excited note to the Secretary of State for the colonies, Lord George Germain claiming that he would be at his objective, Albany in a matter of weeks. When King George heard the news, he shouted at his wife, "I have beat them! I have beaten all the Americans!" A few months later his tune would change.
Crown forces under Brig. Gen. Simon Fraser, 48, were dispatched after the fleeing Americans over the Mount Independence-Hubbardton military road, while Burgoyne pursued another contingent down Lake Champlain to Skenesborough (present-day Whitehall, New York.)
About 850 Redcoats under Fraser, representing the flower of Burgoyne's army, elite grenadier and light infantry battalions departed from Mount Independence before dawn on July 6. In his haste, Fraser marched without artillery, extra ammunition or food (except what was carried in the soldiers' haversacks.) Surgeons and medical supplies were also left behind.
Fraser would be followed by 1,100 Brunswickers, hirelings from German principalities under Maj. Gen. Baron Frederick von Riedesel, a veteran of the Seven Years War in Europe.
As St. Clair's rear guard commander, it was not Warner's intention to fight a battle with the pursuing British at Hubbardton. But he thought it best to rest and feed his stragglers, disabled men and his Continentals overnight, then march first thing the next day.
At dawn, however, on July 7, American pickets fired on the advancing British column. Fraser immediately deployed his troops. Warner would have to stay and fight
Dr. Bruce M. Venter is president of America's History, LLC, a tour and conference company best known for its annual conference on the American Revolution. He is the author of The Battle of Hubbardton: The Rear Guard Action that Saved America. Bruce is also 1st vice president of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond and frequently lectures on the Revolutionary War, including at Fort Ticonderoga's American Revolution Seminar. He is also known for his character portrayals of General John Burgoyne and Charles Earl Cornwallis. Venter holds a B.A. in history from Manhattan College, and a doctorate in educational administration from the University at Albany.
Posted by Jim Christ at 7:04 pm	Tagged with: America's History, American Revolution, American Revolution Round Table of Richmond, Dr. Bruce M. Venter, LLC, The Battle of Hubbardton
June 2019: Valley Forge
December 1777. It is 18 months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and some 12,000 members of America's beleaguered Continental Army stagger into a small Pennsylvania encampment 23 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. The starving and half-naked force is reeling from a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of King George III's army, and are barely equipped to survive the coming winter. Their commander in chief, the focused and forceful George Washington, is at the lowest ebb of his military career. The Continental Congress is in exile and the American Revolution appears to be lost.
Yet a spark remains. Determined to keep the rebel cause alive through sheer force of will, Washington transforms the farmland plateau hard by the Schuylkill River into a virtual cabin city. Together with a dedicated coterie of advisers both foreign and domestic—Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, the impossibly young Alexander Hamilton, and John Laurens—he sets out to breathe new life into his military force. Against all odds, as the frigid and miserable months pass, they manage to turn a bobtail army of citizen soldiers into a professional fighting force that will change the world forever.
Join us on Monday, June 24th as we welcome award winning author Bob Brury who will be speaking about his book Valley Forge . Our meeting place is now Scoogi's Italian Resturant at 738 Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown. Feel free to arrive early and eat in the back room where our meetings are held. A short business meeting will start around 7:15pm. The presentation will start at 7:30pm. We encourage you to join our membership for the very small and reasonable tax deductible amount of $30. Don't forget to our book raffle too. Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. You can purchase tickets for the book raffle, $1 per ticket, or $5 for 6 tickets. They money raises goes to pay the room fee and speaker expenses.
Valley Forge is the story of how that metamorphosis occurred. Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, the team behind such bestsellers as The Heart of Everything That Is, The Last Stand of Fox Company, and Halsey's Typhoon, show us how this miracle was accomplished despite thousands of American soldiers succumbing to disease, starvation, and the elements. Here is Steuben, throwing himself into the dedicated drilling sessions he imported from Prussian battlefields. Here is Hamilton, proffering the shrewd advice that wards off his beloved commander in chief's scheming political rivals. Here is Laurens, determined to integrate the Continental Army with freed black men and slaves. Here is Lafayette, thirsting for battlefield accolades while tenaciously lobbying his own king for crucial French aid.
At the center of it all is George Washington, in the prime of his life yet confronting crushing failure as he fends off political conspiracies every bit as pernicious as his incessant military challenges. The Virginia planter-turned-general is viewed by many as unqualified to lead the Continental Army after the humiliating loss of Philadelphia, and his detractors in and out of Congress plot to replace him. The Valley Forge winter is his—and the revolution's—last chance at redemption. And, indeed, after six months in the camp, Washington fulfills his destiny, leading the Continental Army to a stunning victory in the Battle of Monmouth Court House. The momentum is never again with the Redcoats.
Valley Forge is the riveting true story of a nascent United States toppling an empire. Using new and rarely seen contemporaneous documents—and drawing on a cast of iconic characters and remarkable moments that capture the innovation and energy that led to the birth of our nation—Drury and Clavin provide the definitive account of this seminal and previously undervalued moment in the battle for American independence.
New York Times bestselling author and Military Correspondent Bob Drury is the author/coauthor/editor of nine books. He has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Men's Journal and GQ.
Bob has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur among other sites. His books include the New York Times bestselling Halsey's Typhoon, Last Men Out and The Heart of Everything That is. Bob's The Last Stand of Fox Company was the recipient of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's 2010 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for nonfiction.
He lives at the Jersey Shore.
His latest book is "Valley Forge." The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American history: the story of the Continental Army's six-month transformation in Valley Forge. Available at bookstores and Amazon.
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Trench: The Reestablished Wicker Park Watering Hole
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Fairly new to the Chicago streets, Trench delivers a well-refined story across its menu, design and atmosphere. Trench nestles within the multi-storied stones of the former North Avenue Bath House building located on West North Avenue in Wicker Park. While the gastropub atmosphere is no stranger to filling the building's vacancy, Trench allows the history of the building to flow through all corners of the newly conceptualized dining and beverage destination.
Built in 1922, the bathhouse originally offered communal baths, steam rooms and a pool for Turkish, Russian, and Ukrainian immigrants in the surrounding area. The exterior façade of the bathhouse features terra cotta architecture with detailed aquatic-themed additions throughout. Politicians often found confidence discussing private matters within the steam room walls, as it was nearly impossible to be wiretapped. When its original use came to an end, the building found itself in a downward spiral. It was used as a hotel, then a brothel, and it was soon boarded up to sit as a docile eyesore until the early 1990's.
Apartments, as well as a handful of fine-dining establishments, have seen the inside of the renovated structure since its recent redevelopment. However, it wasn't until the developers of Heisler Hospitality recognized that the bathhouse's prominent culmination and eventual blight simply add to its unique tenure. They needed to resurface these aspects in order to redirect traffic through the doors that the building once saw nearly a century ago.
Today, the interior design, logo and menu of Trench reflect that of a traditional bathhouse featuring hints of the original aquatic theme. The interior brick walls are painted white with well-worn leather seating spreading across the dining room. Pipes dub as overhead lighting and iron finishes bring everything together to make the interior look like a recycled steam room. The logo features two millennium-pink fish sandwiching the restaurant's name in a maritime font. To finish, the menu is focused and offers American tavern-like specials with a handful of seafood and Mediterranean selections. Trench often finds itself amidst casual Wicker Park hustle and bustle with packed seating during weekend brunch. Visitors have been taking a liking to the newest addition of a DJ booth.
Get a feel for the Trench trend for yourself and make this historic destination your next dinner reservation.
The dining room is open 5:30pm to 9pm Sunday through Thursday (bar is open until 11pm), until midnight on Friday and Saturday, and weekend brunch is from 10am to 2pm on Saturday and 3pm on Sunday. Located at 2039 West North Avenue.
Photo Credits: Galdones Photography
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Taylor grew up in the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago and one of her favorite things to do is finding the latest "must-do's" downtown. She enjoys seeing shows, seeking out cute coffee shops and grabbing a good brew and red wine with friends. She loves to travel and prefers reading in French. She recently graduated with a BA in public relations and is currently studying to receive her Master's in International Media.
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There's a chance you may have never heard of photographer Harry Benson, and if it were up to him, he probably wouldn't have it any other way. But if you do a quick Google search of the man, you'd probably recognize many of his photos.
Harry Benson is responsible for some of the most iconic images of the last half of the twentieth century, perhaps most notably for a photo of The Beatles in a rambunctious pillow fight the night they found out I Want to Hold Your Hand hit number one in the US. That assignment to shoot the young band in Paris (which he hadn't originally wanted) led to not only a decades-long friendship with The Fab Four, but to a prominent career—as a portrait photographer of celebrities, photographing every living president from Eisenhower to Obama (as well as a pre-presidential run Donald Trump), and award-winning photojournalist. The 2016 documentary Harry Benson—Shoot First takes a look back at the legendary Scot's career and the stories behind some of his most famous images.
To say Benson's career has been remarkable is an understatement. At times it seems the man has had an almost Forrest Gump-like knack for being in the right place at the right time, capturing one historic moment after another (a photo of Robert Kennedy's wife in the moments after his assassination is another of his most iconic photos; famous photos of the reclusive Greta Garbo and a couple passionately kissing at a bar relied almost entirely on luck). But what a family member states, and what becomes more clear as the film goes on, is that Harry Benson worked harder than most of his peers, and many of his iconic shots exist only because he made them happen. He had to do whatever it took to get the confidence of whoever it was he wanted to shoot, and once he got in the room with them he had to make them comfortable enough to let their guard down so he could capture them as they really were, not the posed, stiff photos many studio photographers got (Benson famously hates studio photography).
Shoot First is not a hard-hitting, warts-and-all documentary—rather, it's pretty adoring of its subject. But it's not hard to realize he's earned the admiration he's received over the years. The film takes us back to Harry's roots as a tabloid photographer on Fleet Street in London (where Benson says he got the ability to snap photos quickly and find perspectives other photogs might miss), as well as a look at the gut-wrenching work he did in Somali refugee camps—he has always maintained that he is, first and foremost, a photojournalist—reminding us that hard work paid off for him, and, when looking at his portfolio, he truly has an eye for outstanding photos.
The film doesn't touch on any technical aspects of his work—the type of camera Harry uses or any settings he used for a given photo are barely mentioned, if at all—and he would probably tell you that's because that stuff largely doesn't matter. What matters most is being ready and anticipating the shot before it presents itself. And to that end, Harry Benson is a master. He's also extremely affable and self-deprecating to boot, which makes listening to him tell the stories behind his photos a joy.
If you have even a passing interest in photography, pop culture, or landmark moments of the 20th century, there's a good chance you'll like this film. You can stream Shoot First on Netflix, or check out some of his iconic images here and here.
How Exactly Does One Become a Buff?
It's weird. People who are into music are called audiophiles, people call themselves a geek or a nerd about whatever subject they're into, but it seems like I only ever hear two types of people call themselves 'buffs': film buffs and history buffs.
I've been a self-proclaimed film buff for years—I know there are tons of people who know way more about movies than I ever will, but to the average Joe I'm pretty knowledgeable. History, on the other hand, well…in school, history was up there with math as classes I'd sooner get a root canal than attend. Part of it might be because my teachers always seemed to make it so dry and uninteresting (what was up with that, Mr. Curi?). It wasn't until college that I took a history class that was somewhat interesting, and it only covered up to the revolutionary war, but it did stoke my curiosity a little. So this past weekend when I was checking TripAdvisor for things to do for a trip to Kansas City with my significant other, I was interested when the first thing that popped up was the National World War I Museum and Memorial.
What I knew about WWI could fit on the inside of a matchbook, so everything I saw in the museum fascinated me. Everyone has at least a cursory knowledge of WWII, but The Great War seems to be somewhat overlooked in school.
It looked odd, seeing all the flowers with no grass or anything green around them, and although it's hard to tell in the picture, there are a couple of wooden planks in the middle of it all. What did it all mean? We wouldn't find out until the end of our visit.
We were guided to a cozy auditorium showing a short film that tried to explain as quickly and clearly as it could what led up to the war, namely the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. In the virtual blink of an eye following the assassination, multiple countries had declared war on each other and all hell broke loose.
The museum had more content than you could shake a stick at: Uniforms of the soldiers and nurses; gas masks, firearms and artillery; life-sized recreations of the trenches on the battlefields and the enormous craters left by the rounds fired from a tank; and my personal favorite, propaganda posters.
There were dozens upon dozens of posters on display, and a really cool interactive feature that let you create your own mashup poster from the ones provided. There were also some newspapers from the time and various quotes from historic figures regarding the war.
Unhappy with the lack of any real explanation, we wandered to the information desk where an elderly volunteer was more than happy to explain it to us. As it turns out, under the right conditions poppies can grow wild (being as much like a weed as they are a flower), and the atrocities of war gave them near perfect conditions to flourish: the heavy foot traffic and vehicle wear aerated the soil, the decomposing bodies fertilized it, and a chemical from the artillery shells killed off any pests that would eat or damage the flowers.
The result was that the battlefields that had been stripped barren of any sign of life (and instead were full of death and decay) soon were brimming with poppies. Soon after the war it became a symbol of remembrance not only for the Americans but for all the soldiers who died in the war worldwide. As for the scene under our feet when we entered? Each poppy below us represented 1,000 military lives lost in the war, 9 million in total.
We spent about two and a half hours at the museum, but could've easily spent twice that long. Your ticket is actually good for two days (although we had just one day to spend), which makes it that much more of a value. Being there over Veteran's Day weekend meant that a) tickets were half price, and b) it was exceptionally crowded. I look forward to going back to the museum at a more relaxed pace to try and take it all in. If you're ever in Kansas City, I highly recommend it.
Considering I was already gaining an interest in war and general history, I may soon be adding history buff to my self-proclaimed film buff status, which is cool because I know damn well those are the only kinds of buff I'll ever be.


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Dr. Katrina Karkazis of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Stanford University recently published a suggested protocol for parents and doctors to reach a decision about whether to operate on intersex babies genitals. This involves 6 steps:
1. develop an appropriate, multidisciplinary team comprised of a variety of subspecialties such as endocrinology, urology, surgery, psychology/psychiatry, gynecology, pediatrics and social work.
2. Establish preferences for information and roles in decision-making. By gauging parents preferences early in the process, physicians can decrease the risk for misunderstanding patient needs and preferences. Physicians are encouraged to perceive and address parents' emotions, with an emphasis on open communication.
3. Perceive and address emotions, Parents and physicians are uncomfortable discussing certain topics. One example is the future sexual sensation of the child who is potentially going to undergo surgery. Some physicians do not discuss that, although it is something that parents would need to know in order to make an informed decision.
4. Define concerns and values, common parental concerns include fears of teasing, ensuring that the child looks "normal" and using the least treatment intervention possible, all of these things come into play when deciding about surgery, but families rank them differently and it is integral to understand what they want to achieve with surgery and whether the operation will be able to achieve it.
5. Identify options and presenting evidence. Once an understanding of the parent's needs and goals are established, a presentation of all treatment options and subsequent consequences should be objectively made to the parents. This should realistically explore the risks and benefits of treatment; examine parents' ideas and assumptions while correcting their misperceptions; and ensure that they understand the nuances of the complex situation.
6. Share responsibility for making a decision. A shared decision must be made by the parents and the team. At this point in the process, parents should possess a technical understanding of the situation while the team will have an appreciation of the families best interests and hopes.
This decision making process does sound like a very small step forward. At least the parents are not panicking and making a rushed decision without all the options and outcomes made known to them. That being said, this suggested process still misses the most important point, it is NOT the parents or doctors decision to make, the only person who has the right to make such a decision is the intersex individual. Anything else is a serious violation of their human rights and bodily integrity, often with disastrous physical and psychological consequences. The only protocol that is needed is to wait until the child is old enough, and give them all the information to make an informed decision.
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Exclusive Film Collection of Marilyn Monroe from 1950 Will Be Open to the Public in The Norma Jeane Suite, Her Former Residences with Joe DiMaggio
Golden Dreams Exhibit at The Lexington Hotel
New York, NY – The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection announces the arrival of the "Golden Dreams" Exhibit, featuring rare color separations of Marilyn Monroe from 1950, which will be on display in the "Norma Jeane Suite," where Monroe herself once lived. The collection, which is valued at over $4 million, will be showing exclusively at The Lexington Hotel for a limited time, from Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, April 7, by appointment only. This is the first time the full collection will be on display in New York City, a city which played a key role in Monroe's career and personal life.
The "Golden Dreams" Color Separation Collection includes 21 original large format film positives and negatives created in 1950 by the John Baumgarth Company to produce Monroe's "Golden Dreams" calendars. These films were created through a labor-intensive process known as the "indirect separation" process, which involved multiple stages of photo development and refinement and many hand corrections to obtain the desired results.
In 1949, a then-unknown Monroe modeled nude for photographer Tom Kelley at the request of John Baumgarth, a major calendar publisher from Chicago, after he saw Monroe on a Pabst beer poster. Monroe was hesitant to pose nude and didn't want to be recognized, using the name "Mona Monroe" to hide her identity. Monroe's picture, titled "Golden Dreams," was selected for the 1951 calendar line, and while sales were slow at first, once Monroe was revealed to be the model, Baumgarth sold an estimated 9 million copies throughout the 1950s. In 1953, Hugh Hefner bought the rights to use Monroe's Golden Dreams image as "Sweetheart of the Month" in the first ever issue of Playboy Magazine, which went on to sell over 54,000 copies.
Years after "Golden Dreams" was photographed, The Lexington Hotel became home to Monroe during a pivotal role in her acting career, as well as during her brief marriage to legendary New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio. The couple eloped on January 14, 1954 and after their honeymoon, they moved into suite 1806 at The Lexington. They were living at the hotel when Marilyn filmed her iconic skirt-blowing scene for the movie "The Seven Year Itch," which was shot just a few blocks away on Lexington and 52nd Street.
In June of 2018, The Lexington Hotel unveiled the "Norma Jeane Suite," giving guests the opportunity to stay in the very room where Monroe and DiMaggio lived. The 600-square-foot suite, which underwent a complete redesign by Fringe, features a spacious living room and dining area that lead out to a 200-square-foot private terrace, as well as a master bedroom and bathroom. The suite was designed to create a similar atmosphere to what Monroe and DiMaggio would have called home, with luxe furnishings and pops of red symbolic of Marilyn's favorite lip color. The full "Golden Dreams" collection will be on display throughout the suite, along with additional pinup calendars and memorabilia.
To schedule an appointment to view the "Golden Dreams" Exhibit, contact Linda Goldenstein by phone at (928) 593-0073.
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Álvaro Gutiérrez Prieto (Escalona, 20 de gener de 1970) és un polític espanyol del Partit Socialista Obrer Espanyol (PSOE).

Nascut el 20 de gener de 1970 a Escalona, es va llicenciar en dret per la Universitat Complutense de Madrid. És germà gran de l'antic eurodiputat Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto. Tinent d'alcalde de l'Ajuntament d'Escalona entre 1995 i 2007, el 2007 va encapçalar la candidatura del Partit Socialista Obrer Espanyol per a les eleccions municipals i va passar a convertir-se en alcalde del municipi. També va exercir el càrrec de vicepresident de la Diputació Provincial de Toledo. Va prendre possessió del càrrec de president de la Diputació Provincial de Toledo el 25 de juny de 2015.

El 6 de juliol de 2019, va renovar el seu mandat com a president de la diputació, elegit amb majoria absoluta durant la sessió de constitució de la nova corporació provincial, després dels resultats de les eleccions municipals de maig.

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Castle Bank is the fiduciary agent for funds set up to aid victims of the July 6th fire on Hickory Street in Meriden.
The United Way of Meriden and Wallingford, the Record-Journal and the Wallingford-Meriden chapter of the American Red Cross are co-sponsoring the Wiehn Family Fund and the Avery Family Fund.
Donations may be sent to Castle Bank. Checks should be made payable to the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford with either "Wiehn Family Fund" or "Avery Family Fund" written in the memo. The money will go to help both families.
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Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (1)
Butler University (1)
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (1)
Chugach School District (1)
College of Exploration (1)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science (1)
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Dubuque County Historical Society / National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium (1)
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Florida Aquarium (2)
Florida Atlantic University / Pine Jog Environmental Education Center (FAU Pine Jog) (1)
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (1)
Hampton University (2)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (1)
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John G. Shedd Aquarium / Shedd Aquarium (1)
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Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk (1)
Maryland Science Center (2)
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Miami Museum of Science / Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (1)
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National Geographic Society (1)
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF) (1)
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National Wildlife Federation / New York City (NYC) Eco-Schools (1)
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks / The Wild Center (2)
Nisqually River Foundation (1)
North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (1)
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Aquarium of the Pacific's Ocean Science Center (SOS): Ocean-Earth Stories Connecting People, the Ocean and Climate Change
Aquarium of the Pacific offsite link · Long Beach, California
The Aquarium of the Pacific is creating an immersive exhibit for exploring the role of the ocean in climate change and its responses under different scenarios. The center of the experience is NOAA's Science On a Sphere (SOS), a proven platform for displaying a rich variety of earth system datasets that reveal global and large scale region processes and phenomena that are easily grasped by the general public. Combining SOS with a system of linked plasma screens allows additional local and regional stories that bring global messages down to a more personal level.
The Aquarium of the Pacific is creating an immersive exhibit for exploring the role of the ocean in climate change and its responses under different scenarios. The center of the experience is NOAA's Science On a Sphere (SOS), a proven platform for displaying a rich variety of earth system datasets that reveal global and large scale region processes and phenomena that are easily grasped by the general public. Combining SOS with a system of linked plasma screens allows additional local and regional stories that bring global messages down to a more personal level. Two programs are being developed initially focusing on: (1) implications of sea level rise, and (2) marine ecosystems. Both explore how the vulnerability of systems can be reduced and their resiliency enhanced through mitigation and adaptation.
PI: Jerry Schubel
State: California County: Los Angeles District: CA47
Partners: Discovery Cube Orange County (OC) · Dangermond Keane Architecture, LLC · Google Headquarters · NASA Goddard Space Flight Center · University of California at Irvine ·
Increasing Community Resilience to Weather-Related Events Through Public Education
Funding: $25,000
This project will convene a workshop to develop a framework to support Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers in delivering coordinated educational programming focused on weather-related events. The workshop will be organized by a collaborative group of aquariums and involve institutions from multiple regions of the United States. It will be held at the Aquarium of the Pacific in the winter or early spring of 2013.
Competition: 2012: NOAA Broad Agency Announcement for FY 2012—2013
PI: David Bader
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Aquarium-wide Climate Change and the Ocean Initiative: Public Engagement from Awareness to Action
Monterey Bay Aquarium offsite link · Monterey, California
As part of its on-going commitment to engage, inform, and inspire visitors around issues of critical importance to ocean conservation, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened the nation's first live aquatic animal exhibition on climate change and the ocean. This award supports a comprehensive and integrated suite of associated informal educational activities, designed to extend the exhibit experience and allow visitors to explore this critically important topic in more depth during their visit and after leaving the Aquarium.
As part of its on-going commitment to engage, inform, and inspire visitors around issues of critical importance to ocean conservation, the Monterey Bay Aquarium opened the nation's first live aquatic animal exhibition on climate change and the ocean. This award supports a comprehensive and integrated suite of associated informal educational activities, designed to extend the exhibit experience and allow visitors to explore this critically important topic in more depth during their visit and after leaving the Aquarium. These activities include: community engagement events, virtual reality auditorium programs using Google Earth, musical theater presentations, and exhibit interactives that allow audiences to discuss solutions to ocean issues. Over the course of three years, this initiative will reach more than 4.5 million people and: 1) raise public awareness about the connection between climate change and ocean health; 2) demonstrate that public actions do have an impact on climate change (and therefore ocean health); and 3) encourage meaningful action to address climate change.
PI: Cynthia Vernon
State: California County: Monterey District: CA20
Partners: North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island · California Academy of Sciences · National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB) · New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) · Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center · Florida Aquarium · National Association for Interpretation (NAI) ·
Teen Conservation Leadership
Teen Conservation Leadership is a major integration and expansion of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's existing teen education programs (Student Oceanography Club, Young Women in Science and Student Guides).
Teen Conservation Leadership is a major integration and expansion of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's existing teen education programs (Student Oceanography Club, Young Women in Science and Student Guides). The project is growing and enhancing these programs through the following activities: Service Learning and Leadership Activities – including: 1) Guest Service Track: professional development and training as interpreters 2) Camp and Club Track: serving as a mentor for other participants 3) Program Track: assisting in the delivery of programs - Conservation and Science Activities, including participating in and leading projects with local organizations, and participating in technologically facilitated outdoor learning experiences – Teen Network and Technology Activities, including onsite networking and information sharing through Web 2.0 technology The project will reach 930 teens. Each teen will provide 200 service-learning hours per year. The sequential nature of this project will encourage many teens to participate for multiple years.
PI: Rita Bell
Partners: Fresno Chaffee Zoo · Save the Whales · Wild Farm Alliance ·
Building Ocean Awareness Together (BOAT)
A consortium of Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium with their partner National Association for Interpretation will increase the effectiveness of informal science educators (ISE) to promote public understanding of three complex topics that impact the ocean (oil spills, ocean acidification, and energy literacy) and encourage stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. This project will have a direct impact on 252 interpreters in and around Alaska, California, and Florida through 12 weeklong trainings.
A consortium of Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium with their partner National Association for Interpretation will increase the effectiveness of informal science educators (ISE) to promote public understanding of three complex topics that impact the ocean (oil spills, ocean acidification, and energy literacy) and encourage stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. This project will have a direct impact on 252 interpreters in and around Alaska, California, and Florida through 12 weeklong trainings. Groups of interpreters will develop, assemble and produce online training toolkits, all of which will be widely disseminated to the ISE community. Each toolkit will utilize NOAA multimedia content, data visualization products, expertise and other relevant resources. Project participants – who interact with a diverse mix of local, regional, national and international visitors (including underserved local populations) – will provide enhanced training content for their colleagues through professional trainings, presentations, and online networks.
Competition: 2012: Ocean Education Partnership Grants
Partners: Aquarium of the Pacific · California Academy of Sciences · New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) · Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center · Florida Aquarium · California State University at Monterey Bay · Association of Zoos and Aquariums · Fresno Chaffee Zoo · National Association for Interpretation (NAI) · U.S. National Park Service · Aquarium of the Bay · University of Alaska (UA-Fairbanks) · NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) / Pacific Islands · NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) · NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) · National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Channel Islands · NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries · Woodland Park Zoo · National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Florida Keys · NOAA Habitat Conservation · Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC) · NOAA Research Lab / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory · Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) · Seymour Marine Discovery Center · Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium · U.S. National Wildlife Refuge / Don Edwards San Francisco Bay · Brookfield Zoo · California State Parks / Point Lobos State Natural Reserve · U.S. National Parks / Golden Gate · Central Coast Aquarium · National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) / Monterey Bay · National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Elkhorn Slough · Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History · Monterey Bay Whale Watch (MB-WW) · Coyote Hills Regional Park · Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council ·
Measuring the Effectiveness of North American Environmental Education Programs with Respect to the Parameters of Environmental Literacy
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) offsite link · Washington, District of Columbia
The North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) will assess environmental literacy levels of middle school students and compare the results to baseline data collected nationwide in 2007. In this study the research team will solicit and select a purposeful sample of schools and other program sites that represent the following categories: (1) Networks, e.g., Lieberman schools, Earth Force/Green Schools, Blue Ribbon School, etc.; (2) Programs, e.g. WET, WILD, PLT, IEEIA, etc.); (3) environmentally focused Charter and Magnet Schools; and (4) Independent Schools.
The North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE) will assess environmental literacy levels of middle school students and compare the results to baseline data collected nationwide in 2007. In this study the research team will solicit and select a purposeful sample of schools and other program sites that represent the following categories: (1) Networks, e.g., Lieberman schools, Earth Force/Green Schools, Blue Ribbon School, etc.; (2) Programs, e.g. WET, WILD, PLT, IEEIA, etc.); (3) environmentally focused Charter and Magnet Schools; and (4) Independent Schools. By comparing 2008 programmatic assessments to the established 2007 base-line levels of environmental literacy (while investigating the variables that may contribute to school wide or classroom levels of literacy), the field of environmental education and NOAA may make future curricular and program decisions that are grounded in sound scientific data. The Research Team will review these results and generate a report to be submitted to NOAA and NAAEE (and other partners as needed). These results comprise a presentation at the annual NAAEE Conference and other venues. Articles will be submitted to professional newsletters and journals.
Competition: 2008: National Environmental Literacy Assessment
PI: Darlene Dorsey
Partners: Florida Institute of Technology · University of Arkansas at Fort Smith · University of Wisconsin (UW–Platteville) ·
Secondary Analyses of the National Environmental Literacy Assessment: Phase I & II Students, Teachers, Programs and School Survey
Phase Three of the National Environmental Literacy Assessment (NELA) will analyze the relationship between middle school students' scores on the MSELS and other measured variables that may have critically impacted the development of environmental literacy in these students. Phases One and Two of the National Environmental Literacy Assessment (NELA) relied on four data collection instruments: The Middle School Environmental Literacy Survey (MSELS), the School Information Form, the Program Information Form, and the Teacher Information Form.
Phase Three of the National Environmental Literacy Assessment (NELA) will analyze the relationship between middle school students' scores on the MSELS and other measured variables that may have critically impacted the development of environmental literacy in these students. Phases One and Two of the National Environmental Literacy Assessment (NELA) relied on four data collection instruments: The Middle School Environmental Literacy Survey (MSELS), the School Information Form, the Program Information Form, and the Teacher Information Form. The primary outcomes of these phases were to identify general levels of environmental literacy (measured by the MSELS) and to compare these levels both within and across the studies. Through the comparison of these data sets, we could identify schools in which grade level cohorts of students displayed markedly higher levels of environmental literacy variables than their peer cohorts at other schools. However, questions remain concerning the magnitude and influence of variables that were reported on those survey forms, as well as the relationships among variables measured by the MSELS scales. The major research questions that will guide this Phase are: 1) To what extent do the variables measured by these Forms during Phase One and Two appear to have contributed to or influenced students' environmental literacy scores; 2) How do these variables appear to interact with each other; and 3) What are the relative contributions of knowledge, affect, and skill variables to actual commitment or behavior. The resulting analyses of this study will be shared both through peer-reviewed publications as well as appropriate professional conferences.
PI: William McBeth Ph.D
Partners: University of Wisconsin (UW–Platteville) ·


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INTRUST SUPER CUP
Rebuilding Bears hold high hopes
By Mike Simpson Brisbane Second Division correspondent
Wed 13 Jan 2016, 12:22 PM
It could all go wrong for Pine Rivers this season. Probably more than in any of their previous seasons; this is a time when the club's foundations will be thoroughly tested.
Having experienced a player exodus from their three-time premiership winning sides, the Bears could have easily thrown in the towel and sunk into rugby league oblivion.
However, a changing of the guard, courtesy of some hard-working personnel – in particular head coach Darren Price – can move the club forward. Price who is no stranger to the Brisbane Second Division and has been the catalyst to turn the club around in what he calls a "rebuilding phase".
"The Bears have a new lease of life," Price said. "We have a new committee and board members and we are currently renovating the club.
"We have also attracted some quality players that I believe will stamp their authority on the comp this year."
When Price talks about the new committee, he is talking about a core group spearheaded by new president Danny Blair. Blair has been working hard behind the scenes with other notable members in Lisa Allan, Tracy Blair and Dylan Keening, to steer the club in a new direction.
"The Second Division is highly competitive as you know," Price said. "I think we have assembled a pretty good squad for 2016 and I am excited about the future."
Watching the squad go through their paces in their first training run, you can see Price is not here to lose games. His firm but fair coaching methods are a breath of fresh air straight from the old school.
The Bears have been solid on the paddock in the off season and are primed for the upcoming pre-season Pine Cup against rivals Pine Holy Central, Samford Stags and Dayboro Cowboys.
"Mate we are pumped. The boys have been training well," Price said. "I think the focus will be on our pre-season, in particular the Pine Cup."
This season, the Bears will also boast a merchandise stand to allow locals fans to get out and support their amateur league club; in turn increasing revenue in the rebuilding stages.
To ensure the Bears stay competitive, Price is still looking for players to suit up for the Green and Whites.
"We are only too happy to have any new players to the club, as well as any previous players," Price said. "For me personally, I believe we have all the makings of a club on the rise again."
The Bears rise from the ashes will certainly turn a few heads. Lacking in interest in the past few seasons in terms of support, the club once again can stand tall and become a dominate force throughout 2016 and beyond.
The Bears successful run of premierships in previous years was nothing short of exhilarating.
Game days back then would boast a healthy vocal crowd and this is something that president Blair wants to bring back.
Al lot of hard work has gone into revitalising the club and it is time for the Bears once more to continue their incredible success.
Pine Rivers will field an Open 1 and Open 3 side and interested players and sponsors can call head coach Darren Price on 0411281884 or club president Danny Blair on 0410428935 for further details.
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Duke Street, St James's is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Piccadilly in the north to King Street in the south, and is crossed by Jermyn Street. Ryder Street joins it on the western side. On the eastern side it provides access to Masons Yard. The upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason occupies the north-west corner.

History
Duke Street first appeared in the rate books of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields in 1673. It is likely that it was named in honour of James, Duke of York, later James II. Building of the street was completed in the 1680s, though none of the original houses remain.

The Chequers Tavern, at No. 16, occupies a site that has been a public house has since 1732, when Henry Mason, the then occupant, was granted a victualler's licence for an unnamed tavern. His successor was Robert Morgoridge, and William Morgridge was granted a victualler's licence for the Mason's Arms in Duke Street in 1744. By 1751, the name of the tavern had been changed to the Chequers. Mason's Yard is now located to the east of Duke Street.

Notable residents
Notable residents of Duke Street include:
1686 Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton English aristocrat and diplomat.
1707 Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
1760 Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde, later first Earl of Clarendon
1815 Tom Cribb, prize-fighter.
1815-1830 Charles Lewis (bookbinder)

A lodger in Duke Street, St James's was Edmund Burke, who dated letters from here between December 1790 and March 1791, and in January 1794.

Listed buildings
11 Duke Street, St James's (Grade II) Terraced house with later shop.
2 & 3 Duke Street, St James's (Grade II) Office and gallery building. 1910-12 by E. Vincent Harris and Thomas A. Moodie.

Culture
"The street is now a centre of fine art dealers and galleries" Forming part of the St James's Art District, Duke Street is an important location for its concentration of art galleries, covering modern and contemporary art, sculpture, old masters and tapestries. It includes the premises of Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Willow Gallery, Thomas Heneage, S Franses Ltd, MacConnal-Mason Galleries, Sims Reed Rare Books and Whitford Fine Art.

See also
 Duke Street, Marylebone
 The Duchess of Duke Street, a BBC TV drama.

References

Streets in the City of Westminster
St James's
Art gallery districts