Lecture: "The Revolution Goes to Sea: George Washington and America's First (sort of) Navy" presented by author Jim L. Nelson

June 24th, 2019

"The Revolution Goes to Sea: George Washington and America's First (sort of) Navy" presented by author Jim L. Nelson

In 1775, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief of the newly formed Continental Army. An experienced infantry commander, Washington arrived in Massachusetts to confront a strategic problem he had never before encountered – the sea. As the weeks passed and British ships continued to resupply the enemy in Boston, Washington came to appreciate the need for a naval force. But he also knew that Congress was not ready for such a thing, so he took the sort of bold move that would become a hallmark of Washington’s leadership style.

Jim Nelson was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine and graduated from UCLA with a degree in motion picture/television production. Finding that despite being in Southern California, it was a damp, drizzly November in his soul, Jim took the cure Melville recommended and decided to sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. For six years he worked on board traditional sailing ships before turned thirty and realizing it would be easier to write about sailing rather than actually doing it. His career as a writer began in 1994 and he has since written more than twenty works of maritime fiction and history. He is the winner or the American Library Association/William Young Boyd Award and the Naval Order's Samuel Eliot Morison Award. Nelson has lectured all over the country and appeared on the Discovery Channel, History Channel and BookTV. He currently lives in Harpswell, Maine, with his former shipmate, now wife Lisa and two of their four children.

Reception begins at 6:00pm

Lecture begins at 7:00pm

Tickets are $15 for Members and $20 for Non-Members

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