my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolut >> welcome everyone, my name is philip, i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. so pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears presentation. scott stephenson sends his regrets, he intended to be here hosting but wasn't available. he may be watching from zoom. if you're out there scott, hello. i want to call your tension to an important object that we actually have here in this room. this is a fragment of a -- it is from the blue seal years of hasse castle. it was discovered among other fragments of these in the delaware river in the early 20th century. some historical research by others has pretty well established that it was lost when a troop transport went under in may of, excuse me, march of 1778 in the delaware river. no one on the ship survived, but a lot of the things state in the river. they were dredged up and are on display. other pieces of that are on displ

my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. so pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears. presentation on the hessians. scott stephenson. sends his regrets he had intended be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. he though he may be watching from zoom so if you're out there, scott. hello i wanted to call your attention tonight to important object that we actually have in this room. this is a fragment of a hessian miter cap from the fusileers on nip of hersey castle. it was discovered, among other fragments of these in the delaware river in, the early 20th century, and some research by craig nanos and others has pretty well establish that it was lost when a troop transport went under in may of human march of 1778 in the delaware river, and no one drowned all of the soldiers on board survived. but obviously a bunch of their things stayed in the river. they were dredged up, are on display. other pieces of that same material are on display i

i'm philip meade, the chief historian and creator of this museum of the american revolution, so pleased to see you all tonight for frederik beers presentation of haitians. scott stephenson sends his regrets, he had intended to be here tonight hosting but was unable, though he may be watching from a zoom so if you're out there, scott, hello. i wanted to call your attention tonight to an important project that we have here in this room. this is a fragment of a hessian cat from his he can still. it was discovered in the delaware where the river in the early century and historical research by craig manno's and others has pretty well established that it was lost when a trip transport went under in may of, march of 1778, delaware river, all of a soldier survived on board but a bunch of their things stayed in the river. they were dredged up and are on display. other pieces that same material are on display in the court galleries. so tonight we have the privilege of welcoming fredricka bear, who is associate professor of history and division head for arts and humanities and addington college. h

my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolut >> welcome everyone, my name is philip, i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution.

my name is, philip mead. i'm the chief historian and curator of this museum of the