Lowell Lecture
Lowell Bicentennial Lecture Series - "The Navy Fights the War of 1812:Documents from a Sailor's Collection"
Date & Time
Nov. 20, 2013
Location
USS Constitution Museum
Building 22
Charleston Navy Yard Charlestown, MA 02129
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Vice Admiral George W. Emery, USN (Ret.)
Presenting Organization
USS Constitution Museum
Topics
Using examples from his new book, In their Own Words, Vice Admiral George W. Emery, USN (Ret.) will capture the myriad of emotions spurred by the War of 1812: patriotic fervor, anxiety, the immediacy of the moment, the joy of peace, and more. Whether encouraging peers, issuing orders to subordinates, lamenting a hero's death or reporting a glorious frigate action, these emotions spring from the stirring contemporary letters, newspapers, and broadsides of the War of 1812 in Admiral's Emery's collection. Reception to follow.