The British are Coming with Mr. Rick Atkinson

In mid-January 1777, Lord Cornwallis of the invincible British Army retreated from the New Jersey countryside after two years of epic struggle against up-start American rebels. From the bloodshed on Lexington Common to the defeats at Trenton and Princeton, the American Revolution raged throughout the new United States. On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 7:15PM, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center welcomed Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winner Mr. Rick Atkinson to present the General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley Memorial Lecture. He will discuss the first book in his upcoming Revolution Trilogy, entitled The British Are Coming. Atkinson combines personal stories, with the savage narrative of the first twenty-one brutal months of the Revolutionary War to give a new perspective on the fight for independence.

[@tamlandipper29]

I nearly tuned out when it began to sound like the usual Gibsonesque hagiography. Very glad it turned out to be more nuanced, given the venue. Military professionals need to grasp the complexity of revolution if they are going to face them.

[@transvestosaurus878]

Based

[@Drewpeanuts1]

Same exact lecture he has given at different venues

[@eromacque]

Okay.

[@f1refall]

Ah yes, life, liberty, and the pursuit of slaveholding