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
