Get ready for a whirlwind tour of the American Revolution as ten(ish) scholars deliver fast, focused 3–5 minute bursts on the era’s most gripping stories. An audience Q&A and light refreshments will follow.

Our Panelists:

Jennifer Dorsey, Professor of History, Siena University
“Liberty!: The Idea that Animated the American Revolution”

Kiersten Marcil, local author
“That Twin Bridges Guy”

John Gearing, local historian
“James Ellice: Merchant and Loyalist Spy?”

Frank Karwowski, member of St. George’s Masonic Lodge
“Schenectady’s Patriotic Freemasons”

Joseph Lueck, Outreach and Reference Archivist/Librarian, Union College
“’On Motion Made, Resolved:’ Revolutionary Schenectady in Three Items”

Kenneth Aslakson, Associate Professor of History, Union College
“‘I Am Not a Dumb Critter:’ Elizabeth Freeman’s Assertion of Humanity in her Legal Fight for Freedom”

Elana Krischer, Assistant Professor of History, Marist College
“Seneca Lands and the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition”

Rev. Tom Pettigrew, St. George’s Episcopal Church
“The Plight of the Revd. Mr. John Doty”

Karen Sonnelitter, Department Chair and Professor of History, Siena University
“Ireland and the American Revolution”

Stacey Dearing, Teaching Professor of History, Siena University
“Phyllis Wheatley Peters, Black Poetry, & the American Revolution”

This event is generously sponsored by The McCormick Center at Siena University. Free with $5 suggestion donation. RSVP required.