December 2020
AHP’s Jay Dickey delivered a talk entitled “The Jamestowne Story.”
12 events found.
Events
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January 2021 (King Phillip)
AHP’s Jay Dickey delivered a Zoom talk entitled “King Philip’s War: An American Tragedy.”
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January 2021 (Wingfield)
Jay Dickey gave a Zoom lecture entitled “Edward Maria Wingfield: The Forgotten Leader of Jamestowne.” February 2021: AHP’s Jay Dickey delivered a talk entitled “Before He Was a Traitor: Benedict Arnold and the Siege of Quebec.”
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November 2021 (Fortune)
Jay Dickey gave a presentation to the Nevada Mayflower Society entitled “The 400th Anniversary of the Fortune: The Forgotten Tale of the Second Ship to Arrive at Plymouth.”
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Zoom lecture by Andrew Cotten
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. April 2023
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American Experiences
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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The Salem Witch Trials
AHP hosted a special luncheon featuring guest speaker Rachel Christ-Doane, Director of Education of the Salem Witch Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Rachel is a frequent author and lecturer on the Salem witch trials and spook to us about one of the most tragic events in Colonial America in the late 17th century.
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Children of the Light: The History and Genealogy of Quakerism in Early America
President Jay Dickey gave a Zoom lecture to members and guests of the “Genealogy Lab” of the Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. The TMCC Genealogy Lab hosts weekly Zoom presentations by experts on a wide range of subject matters related to American history and genealogy. Jay’s talk was entitled “Children of the Light: The History and Genealogy of Quakerism in Early America.”
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The Forgotten Colony: the 400th Anniversary of the Founding of New Netherland, America’s First “Melting Pot”
The Forgotten Colony: the 400th Anniversary of the Founding of New Netherland, America’s First “Melting Pot” Today, many Americans consider New York—New York City in particular-- to be a “melting pot,” where different ethnicities and cultures have come together to form a vibrant, diverse community, a center of international commerce and finance, and a welcoming place for immigrants from all the nations of the world.
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The Life of Anne Hutchinson
AHP hosted an event in Carson City, NV featuring guest Kim Harris, who gave a “chautauqua” performance about the life of Anne Hutchinson, prominent figure in the history of New England who fought for religious freedom in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630’s; for her non-conformism she was banished, and later she and her children were murdered by Indians. The event was co-sponsored by the Nevada Mayflower Society and several other organizations.
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Health Issues in the Jamestown Colony
AHP hosted a luncheon event featuring guest speaker Matthew Bowdish, M.D. who spoke about the critical health crises confronted by the colonists in the early years of the founding of the Jamestown Colony, which led to a massive loss of life from malnourishment and disease.
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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”.
