"The American Revolution," A Documentary Film | Deborah Sampson and Anna Maria Lane, Women Soldiers of the Revolution

In partnership with WETA PBS, experience a six-part speaker series where each event will be followed by a special screening of The American Revolution, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Each screening will focus on a different theme of the Revolutionary War. Presented by Vicki Ritenour Dehlbom, Honorary Regent, Washington-Lewis Chapter, NSDAR. Two women, one from Massachusetts and another from Virginia became soldiers in our fight for freedom. Both hid their true identities serving as part of the American Revolution. This lecture will be followed by a screening focused on America’s women during the Revolutionary War. Corporate funding for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by The Better Angels Society and its members Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine with the Crimson Lion Foundation; and the Blavatnik Family Foundation. Major funding was also provided by David M. Rubenstein; The Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Family Foun

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