Upcoming Book Talks (March posting)
Another update about public book talks! You can see fuller details for some of these on the events page, too.
March 18 (Saturday), In Person, “‘Many Circumstances Lead to Conjecture That Mr. Washington Was Privy to This Villainous Act’: George Washington and the Great New York City Fire of 1776,” 10th Annual Conference on the American Revolution, America’s History, LLC, Williamsburg, VA (registration required)
March 21 (Tuesday), 5:30 pm to 9 pm, In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: Private Exhibition Viewing and Panel Discussion,” New York City Fire Museum, New York. Register here!
March 25 (Saturday), 2 pm to 3:30 pm, In Person, “Reading: ‘The Great New York Fire of 1776’ by Benjamin L. Carp,” RECIRCULATION: A project of Word Up. Kid-friendly! With musical performance, fire=themed candy and treats, and scavenger hunt! Register here!
March 30 (Thursday), 6:30 pm to 8 pm, Online, “The Night Patriots Burned New York City Down,” with Russell Shorto, The Gotham Center for New York City History, CUNY Graduate Center, New York [registration required, free]
April 3 (Monday), 12:50 pm to 2:05 pm, In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776,” with Barnet Schecter, Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
April 4 (Tuesday), 7:30 pm, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution,” American Revolution Round Table of New York, New York [free and open to the public, but registration required 24 hours ahead]
April 27 (Tuesday), 7 pm to 8 pm, Online and In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776,” Ford Evening Book Talk Series, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA [free]
May 5 (Friday), 4 to 5:30 pm, In Person, Joint Book Presentation, with David Waldstreicher, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York. RSVP here!
May 18 (Thursday), 6:30 pm, In Person, “Lost Stories: How the New York City Fire of 1776 Illuminates Unfamiliar Lives of the American Revolution,” sponsored by New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Fraunces Tavern, New York
May 22, 7:30 pm (Monday), In Person, “The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution,” American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia, Montgomery, PA (arrive an hour early for food and drink)
May 23 (Tuesday), 6 pm, In Person and Online, The Great New York Fire of 1776, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, New York