UMaine History Professor Set for Two Portland Presentations
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — University of Maine Prof. Liam Riordan will make two Portland presentations on Loyalism and the American Revolution in Maine this week. He is scheduled for a public lecture at the Maine Historical Society on Thursday evening and a day-long workshop for teachers at the same location on Friday.
Loyalism and the American Revolution in Maine
A Thursday Night Public Lecture & A Friday Teacher Workshop
This series combines a free lecture open to the general public and a daylong workshop for pre-registered K-12 teachers about the American Revolution in Maine. All events will be led by Liam Riordan, Associate Professor of History, University of Maine, Orono.
Public Lecture
Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 PM
Shettleworth Lecture Hall, Maine Historical Society,
489 Congress Street, Portland
This illustrated public lecturereconsiders three famed Revolutionary events in Maine: the naval engagement with the Margaretta off Machias, the burning of Falmouth, and the creation of a British military base and Loyalist refugee center at Castine on Penobscot Bay. The significance of maritime connections and the ambiguities of local allegiance should play a central role in our understanding of these major events of the American Revolution in Maine.
Teacher Workshop
Friday, April 10
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Maine Historical Society (489 Congress Street), Portland
The daylong workshop will be organized around four activities that each aim to develop specific classroom applications. Units include: discussion of the Thursday night lecture, use of a detailed memoir by a Revolutionary soldier (provided to participants), and use of selected portions of the HBO-series on John Adams. Participants will select a fourth workshop unit when they register. Workshop participants should register in advance and are expected to attend the Thursday night public lecture. A registration fee of $75 will defray the cost of pre-circulated reading material, a coffee break, and lunch. Continuing education credit is available.