Second Annual Locally Grown History Forum
Film: Mary Silliman's War
Friday, October 16, 2009
6:30-9:00 pm

UConn Torrington Campus
Hogan Lecture Hall

Connecticut and the Revolution

Historian and author Richard Buel introduces Mary Silliman's War, a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution. Shot on location in Nova Scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of tories -- Americans loyal to the King of England. Left to fend for herself and their children as she sought her husband's release, Mary Silliman's story presents the War for Independence in a way that is fresh and engaging to a modern audience.

Mary Silliman's War is based on the biography by Richard and Joy Day Buel, The Way of Duty (Norton, 1984). Professor Buel will introduce the film and take questions.

This event is part of Locally Grown History's Connecticut and the Revolution Forum.

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