“Over Here, Molly Pitcher”

Presented by Stacy F. Roth and History on the Hoof

Admission is free and open to the public.

Ms. Roth’s dramatic presentation highlights the lives of women who “belonged to the army” during the American Revolution. “Molly” reminisces about the days when she accompanied her husband through summer battles and winter encampments from Valley Forge to Monmouth to Morristown.

Relating her tales of firing a cannon in the heat of battle to trudging “behind the baggage,” she provides a glimpse into what it was like to be a “camp follower” in the days when American Independence was a dream rather than a certainty.

Audience members will get to participate in mock artillery drill.

For more information or to RSVP contact:
Alice M. Coghill at 856-589-7800, ext.7417 or acoghill@umcommunities.org.

For more information about the Horizons Speakers Bureau:
Visit their website at https://njch.org/programs/hsb/

This program is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.