January 2022
Jay Dickey gave a lecture to members of the Nevada State Genealogical Society entitled “The Great Migration: A Brief History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600's”.
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March 2022
AHP’s Jonathan Dickey gave a Zoom lecture to the Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century about one of the seminal events in the history of the Jamestowne Colony, Bacon’s Rebellion. His talk was entitled “Bacon’s Rebellion: The First American Revolution.”
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April 2022
AHP hosted a luncheon featuring Professor Carla Gardina Pestana, Chair of the History Department at UCLA. Professor Pestana discussed her book, “The World of Plymouth Plantation.”
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June 2022
AHP Hosted a luncheon presentation by Dr. Matthew Bowdish, a noted expert in the field of early New England medicine, and the current Surgeon of the California Mayflower Society. Dr. Bowdish discussed the practice of medicine in Plymouth Colony in the 1600’s, and how the Pilgrims coped with a variety of infectious diseases.
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August 2022
AHP hosted the 2nd annual “American Roots Celebration,” held in Fallon, Nevada. The event was co-hosted by six other lineage and historical societies, and featured educational talks on a variety of topics related to American history. The event was attended by over 200 members of the public, and received press coverage in the local news media.
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December 2022
AHP hosted a breakfast even to commemorate the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. At the breakfast, Jay Dickey gave a short talk about the history of the Bill of Rights, and the ratification process.
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January 2023
AHP’s Jay Dickey gave a Zoom lecture entitled “The Road to Ratification: Chaos in America, 1787-1791.” Jay Dickey gave a luncheon presentation to the Daughters of the American Revolution on the subject of the Treaty of Alliance between America and France during the Revolutionary War. The talk was entitled “Franklin and France: The Treaty of Alliance 1777-1778.”
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April 22, 2023
AHP hosted a luncheon event in Sacramento California attended by members of the public from various communities in Northern California. The event featured guest speaker Professor Caroline Winterer, Chair of the History Department at Stanford University. Professor Winterer’s talk was entitled “American Experiences: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason.”
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April 2023
AHP hosted a Zoom lecture by Andrew Cotten, an expert on the history of the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston, which served as the main meeting place of the leaders of the American rebellion against Great Britain in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
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1783: The End of the War, and the Founding of the Society of the Cincinnati
AHP’s Jay Dickey travelled to Prescott Arizona to deliver a talk to the local chapter of the Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. His talk was entitled “1783: The End of the War, and the Founding of the Society of the Cincinnati.”
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The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
President Jay Dickey gave a presentation at a luncheon of the Sagebrush chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Reno, Nevada on the subject of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Marquis de Lafayette in 1824-25
Jay Dickey spoke to the Washoe Zephyr chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Lake Tahoe California about the American tour of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824-25.
