Speakers Bureau
Peter Baron
Contact at
ptbaron@hotmail.com or
210-913-3458
Topics
- Uniforms and Equipment of the Revolutionary Soldier – Time: Varies to suit audience
Lectures on outfitting the soldier, equipment, tactics, battles, genealogy, reenacting, general Revolutionary War history.
Frank Rohrbough
Contact at
frankr@gvtc.com or
830-537-5452
Topics
- Washington's Spies – Time: 30 - 45 minutes
Explain the why, what, and where of spying during the American Revolution.
- Washington's Secret War – Time: 30 - 45 minutes
Why some members of the Continental Congress wanted to remove Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
- Winter Encampment at Valley Forge 1777-1778 – Time: 30 - 45 minutes
The Challenges Washington faced to rebuild his down-trodden Army.
David Bowles
Contact at
david@westwardsagas.com or
210-827-4122
Topics
- The Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Time: 20 minutes
Battle of Guilford Courthouse is the story of the events leading up to the March 15, 1781 battle during the American Revolution.
It took place of the farm of Adam Mitchell who was David Bowles’ SAR Revolutionary ancestor.
The speaker has thirty years of research on this subject.
He has written a series of books about the battle and the people of Guilford County NC.
- Children of the Revolution – Time: 20 minutes
Children of the Revolution is a talk about how the American Revolution, affected the Mitchell children
who were on the field of battle during the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
They were sequestered in the spring house on the Mitchell Farm, during March 15, 1781 battle.
They truly were America’s first generation of the sons and daughters of the American Revolution.
- Lost State of Franklin – Time: 20 minutes
The Lost State of Franklin was a lecture David Bowles first gave at the Jonesborough, TN Public Library
to an audience that was well attended by the public and the Washington County TN Historical Society.
I reduced the story from a 45-minute lecture to a 20-minute talk about how Franklin
came to within one vote of being the 14th State in the Union.
The State of Franklin 1784-1788 was eight counties of present-day northeastern TN.
Frank Kebelman
Contact at
kebelman@gmail.com or
210-760-9275
Topics
- Cleaning Cemetery Headstones – Time: Approximately two hours
There are thousands of graves in Texas that need help to
recover the information originally inscribed. This class teaches proper and
safe techniques for those wishing to care for and clean cemetery headstones.
The class is held in a local historic cemetery and students will participate in
cleaning a headstone. Tools and equipment are provided.
Contact the speaker to schedule engagements!
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