The David Library of the American Revolution has announced its schedule of admission-free lectures that will be offered in the Library’s lecture hall over the autumn months.  The library, located at 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of American history between 1750 and 1800. 

The Fall 2017 Lecture series will be comprised of seven talks by the authors of recent books on the Revolutionary era.  The series will launch on Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30 p.m. with “So Necessary a Post… So Much A Thoroughfare,” a lecture by Larry Kidder, author of a new book, Crossroads of the Revolution: Trenton 1774-1783. His lecture at the David Library will focus on Trenton during the American Revolution.

Mr. Kidder, who lives in Ewing, taught for 32 years at the Hun School in Princeton. For over 25 years he has been a volunteer at the Howell Living History Farm, part of the Mercer County Park System, in Hopewell, New Jersey, where he has served as a historian, interpreter, and draft horse teamster. This interest led to the writing of his first book, The Pleasant Valley School Story: A Story of Education and Community in Rural New Jersey, which won the 2013 Scholarship and Artistry Award presented by the Country School Association of America. It is the story of the schoolhouse that is part of the Howell Living History Farm, and is also a case study of a rural school in central New Jersey from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. His second book, A People Harassed and Exhausted: The Story of a New Jersey Militia Regiment in the American Revolution was published in 2013.

Reservations are required for David Library lectures.  To RSVP, call (215) 493-6776 ext. 100 or email rsvp@dlar.org.

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