jamestown-yorktown foundation curator katherine egner gruber describes how the enslaved patient gainrmation together to help the american cause at the decisive battle of yorktown in 1781. the smithsonian associates and international spy museum

jamestown-yorktown foundation curator katherine egner gruber describes how the enslaved patient gain the trust of benedict arnold and general cornwallis, and how the information together to help the american cause at the decisive battle of yorktown in 1781. the smithsonian associates and international spy museum cohosted this 18 minute event. >> good to see all of you here. i am a historian and curator. some of you i know, some of you i meeting for the first time. i would like to welcome all of the spy museum and spy seminar four we focus on the spies of the american revolution. the first two week centered on well-known personalities. the --, which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and then franklin is of course ben franklin. next week, we will look at the most infamous spy and u.s. history, benedict arnold. relative obscurity of james lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. he is someone we should know more about. his impact on world history is well known. for historians, historians are just now beginning to pieces like together to find out new information

katherine egner gruber will help us to understand who this enigmatic man really is. she is a curator at jamestown-yorktown foundation and a member of the team responsible for research and development of exhibits in the forthcoming american revolution museum at yorktown, which i will tell you more about today. between 2009-2014, she worked at the colonial williamsburg foundation where she developed the research and production of the field trip series. she served as a library fellow, and most recently was content specialist in the digital history center. although she is a museum professional interested in early american consumerism economy, material culture, and how these aspects of colonial life translated during the american revolution, she considers herself as an interdisciplinary historian with interests in archaeology, architecture, preservation, and quantitative and digital history. without further ado, kay gruber. [applause] mrs. gruber: good morning. can everyone hear me ok? if you need me to speak up a little bit, somebody wave their hand in the air. how about