American Revolution Lecture Series

Waters discusses his latest work, To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan. He shares the dramatic story of the Southern Campaign’s “Great Escape” while providing insights into the psychological and intellectual distinctions between its two great generals, Greene and Cornwallis.

Andrew Waters is the author of The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and The War for the Soul of the South and editor of Battle of Cowpens: Contemporary and Primary Accounts. He currently lives in South Carolina. 

The American Revolution secured our independence, created our republic, defined our national identity, and committed the nation to high ideals that have shaped and defined our history. “The task of our generation is to persuade Americans to rededicate our nation to the high ideals of our Revolution—a task that begins with cultivating understanding and appreciation of the achievements of the Revolutionary generation,” Warren says. “This is a challenging task in our time of distractions, competition, striving, and division, but the stakes are very high.” Warren explores the importance of the American Revolution in the 21st century and shares how the ideals and institutions of liberal democracy—shaped by our Revolution—cannot survive without informed citizens who cherish our history and strive to fulfill those ideals.

In August 1776, the month after America’s Continental Congress had formally declared independence from Britain, George Washington’s troops had been outmanned and outmaneuvered. Fortunately for the young nation, a series of desperate charges by 400 men in the 1st Maryland Regiment, famously known as the “Immortal 400,” enabled the Continental army to fight on. In Washington’s Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution, O’Donnell revives the forgotten story of these remarkable merchants, tradesmen, indentured servants, and free blacks. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Philbrick details the epic story of events that led to victory in the Revolutionary War. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic and unexpected turns, his latest book reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea.