Historians Lecture at Library As Part of N.J. Anniversary
Two lectures will be presented at the Princeton Public Library as part of the Princeton Area Six Historic Sites N.J. 350th Celebration this weekend, September 26 and 27.
Historian Tom Fleming kicks off the weekend-long event with “The Quest for Justice in the American Revolution” on Friday at 7 p.m. One of the foremost historians of the American Revolution, Mr. Fleming is the author of Now We Are Enemies, the Story of Bunker Hill, a 50th-anniversary edition of which was published in 2010. His most recent book is The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers.
Closing out the weekend will be a lecture, “Black Soldiers in the American Revolution” given by author Arthur Lefkowitz. Mr. Lefkowitz is the author of award-winning books including The Long Retreat, George Washington’s Indispensable Men, The American Turtle Submarine, The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution, and others. His latest book is Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes. Mr. Lefkowitz is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Revolution Round Table and has lectured extensively for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the National Park Service and Fraunces Tavern Museum, and has taught American history at Middlesex County College.
Princeton Area Six Historic Sites N.J. 350th Celebration activities will be held throughout the weekend at Princeton Battlefield State Park/Clarke House, Morven, Updike Farm, Drumthwacket, Bainbridge House and Rockingham. For more information, see visit
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