To the streets of old city philadelphia and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of the event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way to show that for many of the people that remained in the city that winter this was an occupation and maybe a liberation from many of their perspectives and they wrote about in the period being liberated from the ash trar congress which is maybe something we can all aspire to some day. So we do this with living history programming in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways to encounter the real things of history to have a Human Experience to connect with it and one way we bring it to life is with living history programming with the new Theatrical Program where richard storms into the room with guns blazing and the spoilers at the end of his life, but he maybe doesnt know that yet. We also do the larger living history events and its a pleasure to introduce these set of speakers because
Some of you exposed your own British Occupation, or perhaps liberation in the perspective of many. Its our third year in a row doing sort of what we call flagship living history event. We place about 70 costumed interpreters out on to the streets of old city philadelphia and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of the event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way to show that for many of the people that remained in the city that winter this was an occupation and maybe a liberation from many of their perspectives and they wrote about in the period being liberated from the tire ran cat you certain asians of a tyrannical congress, which is maybe something we can all aspire to some day. So we do this with living history programming in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways to encounter the real things of history to have a Human Experience to connect with it and one way we bring it to life is with living history progra
He has written several sailing books. Heart of thehe won the National Book award for nonfiction. Books has been adapted into a 10 part tv series. Pbs. S also a consultant on everyone herefor this evening is that he turned his prodigious talents to the american revolution. The right another one of his book has an acquired by warner bros. For a film adaptation that ben affleck might direct. Stay tuned on that one. He has written for vanity fair, the New York Times book review, the wall street journal, the los angeles times, and the boston globe. He has appeared on the today show, dateline, pbs, cspan, npr. We are delighted to have cspan here this evening to found the lecture film the lecture. He hails from pittsburgh. Historyts his ap u. S. Teacher for recognizing his nascent talent and encouraging him to write. Her prescience is one of the reasons we welcome him here tonight. He is discussing his latest book that was just released today. Please join me in welcoming him. [applause] mr. P
Stephenson, president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution speaking tonight, this talk is entitled among his troops , chords of memory. Scotts broad public history spans nearly 3 decades and has been marked by professional and public acclaim for his creator in the audiences. He developed and elaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs were numerous historical sites. Including colonial williamsburg, thesmithsonian , National Park Service George washingtons not vernon, pines History Center and museum of the cherokee indian. From 2007 the team hestopped lebanon of the museum resolutions were both media experiences and mieducational programming as well as overseeing the care and expansion of its rich collection of artifacts. He served as president andceo of the American Revolution. Tonight you will hear from scott about the history and significance of George Washingtons mobile field headquarters that sheltered their first commanderinchief during the revolutionary wa
And its my pleasure to introduce dr. Arthur scott stephenson, the president and ceo of the museum of the American American revolution, who will be speaking tonight. His talk is entitled among his troops George Washingtons war tent and a mystic chords of memory. A native of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, scott scotts broad public history experience spans nearly three decades and has been marked by public and professional acclaim for his creative and innovative approaches to engaging audiences. He has developed and collaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs for numerous historical sites and organizations, including colonial williamsburg, the smithson in the canadian war museum, the National Park service, George Washingtons mount vernon, the heinz history center, and the museum of the other of the cherokee indian. From 2007 to 2018, scott led the development of the museum of the American Revolutions Award Winning exhibitions, multimedia experience as an educational programing, a