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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: 1777 Philadelphia Campaign - American History Experience
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED\n\nTo help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to honor the social distancing guidelines presented by the CDC\, we are cancelling our 1777 Philadelphia Campaign conference scheduled for April 30 - May 2 in King of Prussia\, PA. The health and well-being of our patrons and team are our highest priority\, and we feel this is an unfortunate\, but necessary decision. We will be in touch regarding the refund process.\n\n \n\nWe plan to host this conference in spring 2021 with Michael Harris\, and those details are in the works. We wish you and your family health and strength under these difficult circumstances.\n\n \n\nStay safe\,\n\n \n\nLark Kennedy\, Scott Anderson\, Eric Wittenberg \n\n\n\nClick here for the brochure and pricing: The 1777 Philadelphia Campaign.\n\n\n\nWelcome to our spring 2020 program\, The 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. This is the first of our spring programs that will be dedicated exclusively to a campaign other than those of the Civil War. We expect our future spring programs to address other campaigns of American military history. We are excited about this unique program\, which will be dedicated to one of the most important campaigns of the American Revolution\, and which featured the largest set piece battle of the war\, the September 11\, 1777 Battle of Brandywine. We're pleased to be able to present this program in Valley Forge\, where the Philadelphia Campaign ended. We have a fantastic array of tours and talks to present to you featuring the leading experts on these events.\n\n \n\n\n\nGeneral Information: \n\n \n\n Conference based at Holiday Inn Express at 260 N. Gulph Rd.\, King of Prussia\, PA 19406. \n\n Deluxe continental breakfast for Holiday Inn Express guests each morning. \n\n Check-In will be in the hotel lobby about 1 hour before the day's activities begin. You only need to check-in once.\n\n Each participant will receive a packet of tactical maps and a name badge at check-in\n\n Classroom sessions will be held in the Holiday Inn conference room. \n\n Bus tours will leave from the Holiday Inn parking lot at the specified time. \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nTHURSDAY\, APRIL 30\n\n\n\n1 - 5 p.m. Afternoon Lectures\n\n Session held at Holiday Inn in the conference room \n\n \n\nLectures include: \n\n Welcome & Introduction by Eric Wittenberg\, program coordinator\n\n \n\n John Sullivan and the Battle of Brandywine" -talk by Michael Harris\n\n John Sullivan is often blamed for Washington's defeat at the Battle of Brandywine. However\, an analysis of the primary documents paints a far different picture. This lecture focuses on the decision making by the American high command on the day of the battle.\n\n \n\n "An Opportunity of Annoying Them Greatly" The Battle of Cooch's Bridge (3 September 1777) - The Opening Engagement of The Philadelphia Campaign and the Invasion of the Upper Delmarva Peninsula - talk by Wade P. Catts\, RPA\,\n\nThe opening engagement of the Philadelphia campaign\, the Battle of Cooch's Bridge (or Iron Hill) was a short but spirited engagement between the vanguard of the British army and an American Light Infantry Corps. The presentation integrates historical\, topographical\, and archaeological studies into a discussion of the battle and its context\, using contemporary British\, Hessian\, and American accounts to reconstruct the course of the engagement\, the landscape over which the battle was fought\, and the battle's outcome.\n\n \n\n "The Struggle for the Delaware River Fall 1777" talk by Ed Greenawald\n\n This talk will: describe the passive\, physical defensive measures installed by the Patriots on the Delaware River\, position the three Patriot forts along the river channel below Philadelphia\, describe the British & Hessian assaults to capture them and describe the opposing asymmetrical naval forces and their major actions on the river. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n "Remember Paoli" - talk by Jim Christ\n\n"Remember Paoli"\, it is the nation's first battle cry and was born of the battle that was fought in Malvern\, PA on night of September 20th\, 1777. Learn about how British General Charles "No Flint" Grey lead around 2\,000 men at night into the Great Valley to surprise over 2\,000 of General Anthony Wayne's men and 2\,100 Maryland Militia under General William Smallwood. The ninth bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War left Philadelphia open to British occupation\, and also left a lasting impact in the local community. In 1817 the second oldest War Memorial was dedicated and is still remembered today with the Malvern Memorial Parade. Let's explore why this battle is called the "Paoli Massacre\," as well as common myths such as soldiers being asleep during the attack. General Anthony Wayne would get his reputation back during the Battle of Stony Point\, NY in which he used lessons learned from the Paoli Battle to earn a complete victory and international acclaim. \n\n \n\n5 - 7 p.m. Dinner on your own.\n\n\n\n7 - 8 p.m. Evening Lecture\n\n "Did Howe really steal a day's march on Washington on 10 September 1777?" - talk by Bob Selig\n\n Most accounts of troop movements on 9 September and 10 September 1777 credit Sir William Howe with a fast and clandestine re-deployment of his forces on 10 September which caught George Washington and the Continental Army off guard and afforded Howe a day's worth of time to finalize his plans and deploy his troops for the battle on 11 September. An in-depth look at British and American troop movement during the 24 hours before the first exchange of fire on 11 September 1777 shows that Washington was well aware of British troop movements and had his forces in place well before Howe reached the vicinity of the Brandywine river.\n\n \n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 1\n\n\n\n Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room\n\n Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture\n\n Lunch included\n\n Dinner on your own \n\n \n\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Overview on the opening of the campaign including sea voyage\, Continental indecision\, Cooch's Bridge\, Brandywine\, Battle of the Clouds\, Skirmish at Valley Forge and Paoli.\n\n \n\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. "The Opening of the Campaign" bus tour led by Michael Harris\n\n \n\nBus Tour Description: \n\nOur first bus tour day will focus on August 25-September 21\, 1777. This period covers the British landings in northeastern Maryland\, the engagement at Cooch's Bridge in northern Delaware\, the Battle of Brandywine\, the Battle of the Clouds\, the September 18\, 1777 skirmish at Valley Forge and the Battle of Paoli.\n\n Sites to visit:\n\n Cooch's Bridge Site site of the first land engagement of the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. It was the first ever engagement in which the American light infantry were engaged. \n\n Brandywine Battlefield - site of the largest land engagement of the American Revolution. \n\n Birmingham Hill - walking the site of the heaviest fighting.\n\n Paoli Battlefield - where Anthony Wayne's continental division was surprised and overrun in the middle of the night by a British assault column. This is arguably the site of the oldest battle monument in the country.\n\n Washington Headquarter site at Valley Forge today\, Valley Forge National Historic Park is preserved as the site of the Continental Army's 1777-1778 winter encampment. This stop will focus on the skirmish that took place here on Sept. 18\, 1777 near the future site of Washington's headquarters involving Light Horse Harry Lee and Alexander Hamilto.n\n\n And more! \n\n \n\nDinner on your own. \n\n \n\n \n\nThe rest of the evening is yours to explore the area.\n\n \n\n \n\n SATURDAY\, MAY 2\n\n \n\n \n\n Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room\n\n Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture\n\n Lunch included\n\n Conference completion by 4:30 p.m.\n\n \n\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Overview on the River War: Billingsport\, Fort Mercer and Fort Mifflin \n\n \n\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. "The River War" bus tour led by Michael Harris\n\n \n\nBus Tour Description: \n\nOur second bus tour will focus on the efforts by the British high command to combat American fortification along the Delaware River and open access to British shipping. This tour will focus on early October through mid November\, 1777 and the sites of Fort Billingsport\, Fort Mercer\, and Fort Mifflin.\n\n Sites to visit:\n\n Fort Billingsport As the British began efforts to open up the Delaware River to British shipping in October 1777\, Fort Billingsport was the first American position to be assaulted.\n\n Fort Mercer and Whitehall House earthwork at Fort Mercer was the site of a massive Hessian assault on Oct. 22\, 1777 in a further British effort to open the river to British shipping.\n\n Fort Mifflin while Fort Mifflin was significantly altered in the years following the American Revolution\, the site witnessed one of the most sustained sieges of the war in October-November 1777 and witnessed heroic efforts by Continental soldiers to defend what was once an island fortification.\n\n And more! \n\n \n\nDinner on your own. \n\n \n\nThe rest of the evening is yours to explore the area\n\n \n\nSUNDAY\, MAY 3\n\n \n\n Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room\n\n Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture\n\n Lunch included\n\n Dinner on your own \n\n \n\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Lecture on second half of the campaign including the occupation of Philadelphia\, Battle of Germantown\, Engagement at White Marsh and Valley Forge. \n\n \n\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. "The Final Campaign" bus tour led by Michael Harris\n\n \n\nBus Tour Description: \n\nOur third and final bus tour will focus on the land campaign of September 22 through late December 1777. This period covers the Battle of Germantown\, the engagement at Whitemarsh\, and the eventual encampment at Valley Forge.\n\n \n\n Sites to visit:\n\n Peter Wentz House the site of Washington's headquarters prior to the Battle of Germantown and where he planned the assault on the British garrison at Germantown.\n\n Cliveden the home of Benjamin Chew where numerous American assaults were launched on the house that was held by a small British force during much of the battle.\n\n Valley Forge National Park site of the American winter encampment during 1777-1778 and where Baron von Steuben famously trained the Continentals to be a professional military force during much of the battle. \n\n \n\n Conference Completion by 4:30 p.m.\n\n \n\nThank you for your patronage! \n\n \n\n \n\nBattlefield Preservation\n\n \n\nChambersburg's Civil War Seminars & Tours has raised over $210\,000 for preservation since our founding. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to nonprofit organizations associated with our tour. Please support our raffles and silent auctions as all funds raised from these efforts are donated to preservation.\n\n \n\nInterested in supporting preservation through gifts or monetary donations? Please contact Lark at 717-264-7101.
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\nTo help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to honor the social distancing guidelines presented by the CDC\, we are cancelling our 1777 Philadelphia Campaign conference scheduled for April 30 - May 2 in King of Prussia\, PA. The health and well-being of our patrons and team are our highest priority\, and we feel this is an unfortunate\, but necessary decision. We will be in touch regarding the refund process.
\n \;
\nWe plan to host this conference in spring 2021 with Michael Harris\, and those details are in the works. We wish you and your family health and strength under these difficult circumstances.
\n \;
\nStay safe\,
\n \;
\nLark Kennedy\, Scott Anderson\, Eric Wittenberg \;
\n
\nClick here for the brochure and pricing: The 1777 Philadelphia Campaign.
\n
\nWelcome to our spring 2020 program\, The 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. This is the first of our spring programs that will be dedicated exclusively to a campaign other than those of the Civil War. We expect our future spring programs to address other campaigns of American military history. We are excited about this unique program\, which will be dedicated to one of the most important campaigns of the American Revolution\, and which featured the largest set piece battle of the war\, the September 11\, 1777 Battle of Brandywine. We&rsquo\;re pleased to be able to present this program in Valley Forge\, where the Philadelphia Campaign ended. We have a fantastic array of tours and talks to present to you featuring the leading experts on these events.
\n \;
\n
\nGeneral Information:
\n \;
\n·\; \;Conference based at Holiday Inn Express \; at 260 N. Gulph Rd.\, King of Prussia\, PA 19406.
\n·\; \;Deluxe continental breakfast for Holiday Inn Express guests each morning. \;
\n·\; \;Check-In will be in the hotel lobby about 1 hour before the day&rsquo\;s activities begin. You only need to check-in once.
\n·\; \;Each participant will receive a packet of tactical maps and a name badge at check-in
\n·\; \;Classroom sessions will be held in the Holiday Inn conference room.
\n·\; \;Bus tours will leave from the Holiday Inn parking lot at the specified time.
\n \;
\n \;
\n \;
\nTHURSDAY\, APRIL 30
\n
\n1 - 5 p.m. \; Afternoon Lectures
\n·\; \;Session held at Holiday Inn in the conference room
\n \;
\nLectures include:
\n·\; \;Welcome &\; Introduction by Eric Wittenberg\, program coordinator
\n \;
\n·\; \;John Sullivan and the Battle of Brandywine&rdquo\; -talk by Michael Harris
\n \;John Sullivan is often blamed for Washington'\;s defeat at the Battle of Brandywine. \; However\, an analysis of the primary documents paints a far different picture. \; This lecture focuses on the decision making by the American high command on the day of the battle.
\n \;
\n·\; \; &ldquo\;An Opportunity of Annoying Them Greatly&rdquo\; The Battle of Cooch&rsquo\;s Bridge (3 September 1777) - The Opening Engagement of The Philadelphia Campaign and the Invasion of the Upper Delmarva Peninsula - talk by Wade P. Catts\, RPA\,
\nThe opening engagement of the Philadelphia campaign\, the Battle of Cooch&rsquo\;s Bridge (or Iron Hill) was a short but spirited engagement between the vanguard of the British army and an American Light Infantry Corps. The presentation integrates historical\, topographical\, and archaeological studies into a discussion of the battle and its context\, using contemporary British\, Hessian\, and American accounts to reconstruct the course of the engagement\, the landscape over which the battle was fought\, and the battle&rsquo\;s outcome.
\n \;
\n·\; \;&ldquo\;The Struggle for the Delaware River&mdash\;Fall 1777&rdquo\; talk by Ed Greenawald
\n \;This talk will: describe the passive\, physical defensive measures installed by the Patriots on the Delaware River\, position the three Patriot forts along the river channel below Philadelphia\, describe the British &\; Hessian assaults to capture them and describe the opposing asymmetrical naval forces and their major actions on the river. \;
\n \;
\n
\n \;
\n·\; \;&ldquo\;Remember Paoli&rdquo\; - talk by Jim Christ
\n"\;Remember Paoli"\;\, it is the nation'\;s first battle cry and was born of the battle that was fought in Malvern\, PA on night of September 20th\, 1777. Learn about how British General Charles "\;No Flint"\; Grey lead around 2\,000 men at night into the Great Valley to surprise over 2\,000 of General Anthony Wayne'\;s men and 2\,100 Maryland Militia under General William Smallwood. The ninth bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War left Philadelphia open to British occupation\, and also left a lasting impact in the local community. In 1817 the second oldest War Memorial was dedicated and is still remembered today with the Malvern Memorial Parade. Let'\;s explore why this battle is called the "\;Paoli Massacre\,"\; as well as common myths such as soldiers being asleep during the attack. General Anthony Wayne would get his reputation back during the Battle of Stony Point\, NY in which he used lessons learned from the Paoli Battle to earn a complete victory and international acclaim.
\n \;
\n5 - 7 p.m. \; Dinner on your own.
\n
\n7 - 8 p.m. \; Evening Lecture
\n·\; \;&ldquo\;Did Howe really steal a day&rsquo\;s march on Washington on 10 September 1777?&rdquo\; - talk by Bob Selig
\n \;Most accounts of troop movements on 9 September and 10 September 1777 credit Sir William Howe with a fast and clandestine re-deployment of his forces on 10 September which caught George Washington and the Continental Army off guard and afforded Howe a day'\;s worth of time to finalize his plans and deploy his troops for the battle on 11 September. An in-depth look at British and American troop movement during the 24 hours before the first exchange of fire on 11 September 1777 shows that Washington was well aware of British troop movements and had his forces in place well before Howe reached the vicinity of the Brandywine river.
\n \;
\nFRIDAY\, MAY 1
\n
\n·\; \;Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room
\n·\; \;Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture
\n·\; \;Lunch included
\n·\; \;Dinner on your own
\n \;
\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Overview on the opening of the campaign including sea voyage\, Continental indecision\, Cooch&rsquo\;s Bridge\, Brandywine\, Battle of the Clouds\, Skirmish at Valley Forge and Paoli.
\n \;
\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. &ldquo\;The Opening of the Campaign&rdquo\; bus tour led by Michael Harris
\n \;
\nBus Tour Description:
\nOur first bus tour day will focus on August 25-September 21\, 1777. \; This period covers the British landings in northeastern Maryland\, the engagement at Cooch'\;s Bridge in northern Delaware\, the Battle of Brandywine\, the Battle of the Clouds\, the September 18\, 1777 skirmish at Valley Forge and the Battle of Paoli.
\n \;Sites to visit:
\n·\; \;Cooch&rsquo\;s Bridge Site&mdash\; site of the first land engagement of the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign. It was the first ever engagement in which the American light infantry were engaged. \;
\n·\; \;Brandywine Battlefield - \; site of the largest land engagement of the American Revolution. \;
\n·\; \;Birmingham Hill - walking the site of the heaviest fighting.
\n·\; \;Paoli Battlefield - where Anthony Wayne&rsquo\;s continental division was surprised and overrun in the middle of \; the night by a British assault column. This is arguably the site of the oldest battle monument in the country.
\n·\; \;Washington Headquarter site at Valley Forge&mdash\;today\, Valley Forge National Historic Park is preserved as the site of the Continental Army&rsquo\;s 1777-1778 winter encampment. This stop will focus on the skirmish that took place here on Sept. 18\, 1777 near the future site of Washington&rsquo\;s headquarters involving Light Horse Harry Lee and Alexander Hamilto.n
\n·\; \;And more!
\n \;
\nDinner on your own.
\n \;
\n \;
\nThe rest of the evening is yours to explore the area.
\n \;
\n \;
\n \;SATURDAY\, MAY 2
\n \;
\n \;
\n·\; \;Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room
\n·\; \;Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture
\n·\; \;Lunch included
\n·\; \;Conference completion by 4:30 p.m.
\n \;
\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Overview on the River War: Billingsport\, Fort Mercer and Fort Mifflin
\n \;
\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. &ldquo\;The River War&rdquo\; bus tour led by Michael Harris
\n \;
\nBus Tour Description:
\nOur second bus tour will focus on the efforts by the British high command to combat American fortification along the Delaware River and open access to British shipping. \; This tour will focus on early October through mid November\, 1777 and the sites of Fort Billingsport\, Fort Mercer\, and Fort Mifflin.
\n \;Sites to visit:
\n·\; \;Fort Billingsport&mdash\;As the British began efforts to open up the Delaware River to British shipping in October 1777\, Fort Billingsport was the first American position to be assaulted.
\n·\; \;Fort Mercer and Whitehall House&mdash\;earthwork at Fort Mercer was the site of a massive Hessian assault on Oct. 22\, 1777 in a further British effort to open the river to British shipping.
\n·\; \;Fort Mifflin&mdash\;while Fort Mifflin was significantly altered in the years following the American Revolution\, the site witnessed one of the most sustained sieges of the war in October-November 1777 and witnessed heroic efforts by Continental soldiers to defend what was once an island fortification.
\n·\; \;And more!
\n \;
\nDinner on your own.
\n \;
\nThe rest of the evening is yours to explore the area
\n \;
\nSUNDAY\, MAY 3
\n \;
\n·\; \;Pre-Bus Tour Lecture held in the Holiday Inn conference room
\n·\; \;Bus leaves from Holiday Inn following lecture
\n·\; \;Lunch included
\n·\; \;Dinner on your own
\n \;
\n8 - 9 a.m. Pre-Bus Tour Lecture: Lecture on second half of the campaign including the occupation of Philadelphia\, Battle of Germantown\, Engagement at White Marsh and Valley Forge.
\n \;
\n9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. &ldquo\;The Final Campaign&rdquo\; bus tour led by Michael Harris
\n \;
\nBus Tour Description:
\nOur third and final bus tour will focus on the land campaign of September 22 through late December 1777. \; This period covers the Battle of Germantown\, the engagement at Whitemarsh\, and the eventual encampment at Valley Forge.
\n \;
\n \;Sites to visit:
\n·\; \;Peter Wentz House&mdash\;the site of Washington&rsquo\;s headquarters prior to the Battle of Germantown and where he planned the assault on the British garrison at Germantown.
\n·\; \;Cliveden&mdash\;the home of Benjamin Chew where numerous American assaults were launched on the house that was held by a small British force during much of the battle.
\n·\; \;Valley Forge National Park&mdash\;site of the American winter encampment during 1777-1778 and where Baron von Steuben famously trained the Continentals to be a professional military force during much of the battle.
\n \;
\n \;Conference Completion by 4:30 p.m.
\n \;
\nThank you for your patronage!
\n \;
\n \;
\nBattlefield Preservation
\n \;
\nChambersburg&rsquo\;s Civil War Seminars &\; Tours has raised over $210\,000 for preservation since our founding. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to nonprofit organizations associated with our tour. Please support our raffles and silent auctions as all funds raised from these efforts are donated to preservation.
\n \;
\nInterested in supporting preservation through gifts or monetary donations? Please contact Lark at 717-264-7101.
\n \;
\n \;
\n \;
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Express 260 N. Gulph Road King of Prussia\, PA 19406 610-768-9500
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