Have you ever wondered what happened in Delaware during the Revolutionary War? How did the British get from the Head of the Elk River to Chadds Ford for the Battle of the Brandywine? Kim Burdick is a specialist in Delaware History and folk culture, and audiences of all ages will be amazed to hear letters and writings by colonial Delawareans describing the arrival of the British army and the social upheaval it brought to our colony.

Kim Burdick is an award-winning public historian who has coordinated a number of major projects including the nine-state and DC Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (2003-2009), and a variety of local seminars and symposiums including “18th Century Abolitionists”, co-sponsored by Quaker Hill Preservation Foundation (Spring 2013), “George Washington: Man and Myth” (June 2014) and “Voices of the Past: Stories of the Black Patriots of the American Revolution” (Spring 2017). Curator of the historic Hale Byrnes House, Kim is a graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Programs and of the College of Urban Affairs at the University of Delaware. She is a life member of American Friends of Lafayette, Chairman of the American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware, the first woman President of the George Washington Society, and Chairman Emeritus of the Delaware Humanities Council.

This program will be hosted virtually on the meeting platform Zoom. Please register for the program to receive the Zoom link to attend this program.

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