American Heritage Partners

August 2022
2024-07-01 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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.

June 2022
2024-07-01 00:00
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.

April 2022
2024-07-01 00:00
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.”

March 2022
2024-07-01 00:00
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.”

January 2022
2024-07-01 00:00
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”.

Health Issues in the Jamestown Colony
2024-06-18 00:00
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. Dr. Bowdish, who serves as the Surgeon for both the California Sons of the American Revolution and the California Mayflower Society, discussed the many medical and surgical challenges Jamestown settlers confronted when Virginia was a raw frontier settlement with little or no support from the Colony’s overseers. Dr. Bowdish presented photos of health artifacts found at Jamestown, where archaeological excavations continue to unearth artifacts reflecting the harsh living conditions these early colonists faced. Dr. Bowdish has lectured frequently on subjects related to medicine and medical practices in early America. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and in Allergy & Clinical Immunology through the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. This special lunch event was co-hosted by the Jamestowne Society’s Northern California Company and the Nevada Mayflower Society. The luncheon was held at the Hilton Hotel in Concord, California.

Colonist Jamestown Colony

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The Life of Anne Hutchinson
2024-05-21 00:00
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.

Children of the Light: The History and Genealogy of Quakerism in Early America
2023-09-08 00:00
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.”

The Salem Witch Trials
2023-08-25 11:00 - 15:00
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.

American Experiences
2023-04-22 00:00
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.”

Zoom lecture by Andrew Cotten
2023-04-02 17:00 - 18:00
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

November 2021 (Fortune)
2021-11-01 00:00
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.”

January 2021 (Wingfield)
2021-02-01 00:00
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.”

January 2021 (King Phillip)
2021-01-01 00:00
AHP’s Jay Dickey delivered a Zoom talk entitled “King Philip’s War: An American Tragedy.”

December 2020
2020-12-01 00:00
AHP’s Jay Dickey delivered a talk entitled “The Jamestowne Story.”

February 2020
2020-02-01 00:00
AHP’s Jay Dickey gave a Zoom lecture entitled “America’s Dutch Heritage: The Story of New Netherland.”
