"Rebel Abroad: A Stratford Subversive in the Heart of Empire" with Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey

  • April 19, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Eastern Daylight Time

Ticket Price $5.97-$11.12 Register Now
Description

Join us at Stratford Hall or virtually for "Rebel Abroad: A Stratford Subversive in the Heart of Empire," a public lecture by Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey, Vice President of Research & Collections and Director of the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library at Stratford Hall.

 

The events of April 19, 1775 in Massachusetts Bay Colony are often remembered collectively as ‘the shot heard round the world.’ Skirmishes in and around Lexington & Concord between British Regulars and colonial Militia were only the first phase of the action. The next phase was a contest for control of the narrative about what actually happened, a phase in which a Lee brother of Stratford was a primary actor! Join us in-person at the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial Library or online at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, as we commemorate shots fired at Lexington & Concord and learn the gripping true story of how this Stratford born and raised Rebel Abroad waged a media war against British tyranny.

 

Pre-registration is required. The Zoom information will be shared prior to the event for those participating virtually.

$10 In-Person at Stratford Hall
$5 Virtual Registration  

Date & Time

Sat, Apr 19, 2025 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Stratford Hall Historic Preserve

Stratford Hall brings together people from around the world to experience two-thousand acres of natural and human history, preserved and presented so that we can all learn from the courageous struggles of our ancestors, taking inspiration both from what they endured and what they accomplished. There are few places in America where people can travel down small, rural roads to arrive at a vast site that preserves so many aspects of early-American life, from the Great House where the influential Lee family helped to forge a new nation, to the fields worked by enslaved Africans, to the waters of the rivers that fueled trade, to the ground, which still yields secrets about the people and animals that lived before.

Come experience this extraordinary place and learn about a layered history that began millions of years ago - a history that continues to educate, inspire, and influence Americans to the present day.