Schedule for 2025
The Riflemen
June 9, 2025, 7:30 PM via Zoom
June 9, 2025, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Historian John Weaver will speak about the role played by riflemen during the Revolutionary War. The rifle companies were the first soldiers officially authorized by Congress. Their distinctive weapons, dress and modes of fighting marked them as uniquely American.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
Governor William Franklin: Enemy to the Liberties of This Country
September 15, 2025, 7:30 PM via Zoom
September 15, 2025, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Historian Joseph E. Wroblewski, former educational consultant for the Crossroads of the American Revolution and docent at Morven, in Princeton, will provide insight about the career of the often-reviled son of Benjamin Franklin who served as the last colonial governor of New Jersey.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
Fenno vs. Freneau: Politicized Printers, Partisan Papers, and the National Order in the Age of Washington
December 8, 2025, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Shawn David McGhee, author of No Longer Subjects of the British King, will talk about a newspaper war that occurred during the early Republic.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
George Washington at Monmouth: a Fresh Look
March 9, 2026, 7:30 PM via Zoom
Gary Ecelbarger will share revelations about Washington's command at the Battle of Monmouth based on his recent book
George Washington's Momentous Year: Twelve Months that Transformed the Revolution—Vol. 2: Valley Forge to Monmouth, January to July 1778.
To request a Zoom link, please email.
Zoom meetings will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.
The Washington Crossing American Revolution Round Table was founded in 2004 by Joseph F. Seliga.
It is sponsored by The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
It is sponsored by The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
The Washington Crossing American Revolution Round Table meets quarterly
March - June
September - December
Actual dates will vary, 7:30 to 9:00 PM
Beginning in late 2025, we anticipate meetings will take place at:
Visitors Center at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, New Jersey
In the meantime, most meetings are held via Zoom. To request a link, please email us.
March - June
September - December
Actual dates will vary, 7:30 to 9:00 PM
Beginning in late 2025, we anticipate meetings will take place at:
Visitors Center at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, New Jersey
In the meantime, most meetings are held via Zoom. To request a link, please email us.
If you would like to join our mailing list and receive a link to these Zoom meetings, please send us an email.
Check out our YouTube channel for links to our recent talks:
Links to recordings of recent meetings are included below:
• When France Saved America - Joseph F. Seliga
• War at the Shore: The Pine Robber Phenomenon - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Battle of Edge Hill, December 7, 1777 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Joseph Reed, George Washington’s First Military Secretary - John Fabiano
• Joseph Perkin: A Gunsmith, A Complete Artist - Matthew Skic
• Logistics for the Main Continental Army: An Overview circa 1777 - Edward Greenawald
•Remember Paoli! - Jim Christ
•The Alamo of the Revolution - Jerald Hurwitz
•Charles Thomson, Secretary to the Continental Congress - Bruce Cooper Gill
•Washington’s Return to New Jersey: The Second Battle of Trenton and March to Princeton - Joseph E. Wroblewski
•The Service of HMS Roebuck - Robert N. Fanelli
•The Battle of Germantown - Michael C. Harris
•Annis Boudinot Stockton - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
•Washington's Lieutenants: The Generals of the Continental Army- William M. Welsch
•Dr. Benjamin Rush - Steve Yacik
•The British Army's March to Monmouth - John Fabiano.
•The Day Is Ours! The Battle of Princeton: Changing Interpretations and a Lasting Legacy - William Krakower
•The First Week at Valley Forge -Gary Ecelbarger
•This Fierce People -Alan Pell Crawford
• When France Saved America - Joseph F. Seliga
• War at the Shore: The Pine Robber Phenomenon - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
• The Battle of Edge Hill, December 7, 1777 - Robert N. Fanelli
• Joseph Reed, George Washington’s First Military Secretary - John Fabiano
• Joseph Perkin: A Gunsmith, A Complete Artist - Matthew Skic
• Logistics for the Main Continental Army: An Overview circa 1777 - Edward Greenawald
•Remember Paoli! - Jim Christ
•The Alamo of the Revolution - Jerald Hurwitz
•Charles Thomson, Secretary to the Continental Congress - Bruce Cooper Gill
•Washington’s Return to New Jersey: The Second Battle of Trenton and March to Princeton - Joseph E. Wroblewski
•The Service of HMS Roebuck - Robert N. Fanelli
•The Battle of Germantown - Michael C. Harris
•Annis Boudinot Stockton - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski
•Washington's Lieutenants: The Generals of the Continental Army- William M. Welsch
•Dr. Benjamin Rush - Steve Yacik
•The British Army's March to Monmouth - John Fabiano.
•The Day Is Ours! The Battle of Princeton: Changing Interpretations and a Lasting Legacy - William Krakower
•The First Week at Valley Forge -Gary Ecelbarger
•This Fierce People -Alan Pell Crawford
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OTHER PAST TOPICS:
• First Battle of Trenton - Clay Craighead • Revolutionary War Riflemen - Stanley Saperstein • Religions & Civil Affairs of the Revolution - Robert Craig and Stephanie Stephens • Blacks in the Rebel Army - Frederic Minus • The Battle of Princeton - Jerald Hurwitz • Foraging & Skirmishing Around Philadelphia -1777-1778 - Robert N. Fanelli • Iron Works & Forges - Edward Wimble • Molly Pitcher - Fact or Fiction? - Dr. David Martin • Uniforms, Accoutrements, & Weapons - Jerald Hurwitz • Artificers - Stanley Saperstein • Haym Salomon - William Agress • Struggle for the Delaware River - Edward Greenawald • Topography in 1776-177- Stephanie Stephens • Timothy Murphy - Stanley Saperstein • The Whitemarsh Campaign - Robert N. Fanelli • Revolution in the New Jersey Pines - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski • Washington & His Lieutenants - Jay Jorgenson • Waiting at the Crossroads of Bucks County - Edward Greenawald • Major Patrick Ferguson - Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick • Casimir Pulaski - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski • The Oneida Indians - Joseph F. Seliga • Captain Allan McLane - Stanley Saperstein • The Marbleheaders - Robert Scordia • General Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski • Courts Martial: American and British - Robert N. Fanelli • The New Jersey Militia - Glenn Valis • Mutinies of the American Revolution - John A. Nagy • William Maxwell & the New Jersey Brigade - Jay Jorgensen • The Queen's Rangers - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski |
OTHER PAST TOPICS:
• George Washington as a Strategist - Edward Greenawald • Randolph Brothers of Monmouth County - John Fabiano • Washington's Lifeguards & von Heer's Provost Marshals - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski • Princeton Battlefield Archeology - Jerald Hurwitz • Fort Mercer - Robert N. Fanelli • Masonry During the War - Joseph F. Seliga • Local Origins of the Molly Pitcher Legend - John Fabiano • New Jersey Loyalists - Todd Braistead • Whale Boat Privateers William Mariner and Adam Hyler - Stanley Saperstein • Researching the Hunterdon County Militia - Larry Kidder • Fort Griswold-Sept 1781-Raid on New London - Jerald Hurwitz • Voices of 1778 - The American Army in Hunterdon County: Prelude to the Battle of Monmouth- David Blackwell • War at the Shore - Timothy Hart • Battle of Valcour Island - Larry Kidder • Guided Tour of Valley Forge - Edward Wimble • General William Howe and His Staff - Robert N. Fanelli • Guided Tour of Monmouth Battlefield - Dr. David Martin • George Washington & Slavery - Edward Greenawald • The Pennsylvania Riflemen - Robert N. Fanelli • The Swan Foundation Collection - Clay Craighead • Burr and Hamilton at Monmouth - Dr. David Martin • Up With Huddy - John Fabiano • Elias Boudinot IV: The Continental Army’s First Commissary General of Prisoners - Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski • Washington's Campaign Families - Edward Greenawald • The Dark Days of the American Revolution - Sam Davis • The Start of the Military Industrial Complex - Stanley Saperstein • Political and Military Strategy during the American Revolution - Robert N. Fanelli |
Zoom meetings will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.
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