Virtual Lecture: “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War”
with Friederike Baer
Event Details
Date
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Time
6 p.m.
Location
Virtual event
Description
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED, email apetty@wisc.edu for a Zoom link.
Between 1776 and 1783, Great Britain hired over 30,000 German soldiers to fight against the American rebels. Known as Hessians, they and accompanying civilians, incl. women and children, lived in locations from Canada to Florida. This presentation highlights their experiences on a distant continent in a war with people that had done them no harm.
Friederike Baer is Associate Professor of History at Penn State Abington College.
Between 1776 and 1783, Great Britain hired over 30,000 German soldiers to fight against the American rebels. Known as Hessians, they and accompanying civilians, incl. women and children, lived in locations from Canada to Florida. This presentation highlights their experiences on a distant continent in a war with people that had done them no harm.
Friederike Baer is Associate Professor of History at Penn State Abington College.
Cost
Free
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