It’s about 53 minutes long from introduction to end. (We left out the fine question-and-answer session because no microphone picked up the audience’s comments.) If you choose to look back on that evening, I hope you enjoy it.
Looking ahead, the Metrowest Daily News and affiliated papers ran an article about a new show at the Concord Museum based on objects from the Massachusetts Historical Society. Among many other things, that report noted:
A powder horn from around 1775 bearing an inscribed map of the Boston area represents a fascinating intersection of warfare and decorative arts.That powder horn will be the subject of my next scheduled public talk, “Reading a Powder Horn: The Siege of Boston through One Soldier’s Eyes,” at the museum on 14 June. What does that horn tell us about the soldier who decorated it? By June, I hope to have found out a lot more.
J.L. - Loved your talk! Especially the way you adjust your voice when speaking quotable statements. Makes it very alive. Your talk reinforces to me all over again (and is very symbolic for the whole war itself) in the difference between Bunker Hill's artillery circus vs. Dorchester Heights' artillery focus was...George Washington. It all flows back to him and how instrumental he was to our history and nation creation. Great talk!
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