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Spring Lecture Series: "Would the Real Colonel John Rodgers Please Stand Up?"

Sat, Feb 25

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Rodgers Tavern Museum

Based on in-depth research in little-known sources this illustrated talk will look at the activities of John Rodgers during the War of Independence and his contributions to American victory. FREE LECTURE!

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Spring Lecture Series: "Would the Real Colonel John Rodgers Please Stand Up?"
Spring Lecture Series: "Would the Real Colonel John Rodgers Please Stand Up?"

Time & Location

Feb 25, 2023, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST

Rodgers Tavern Museum, 259 Broad St, Perryville, MD 21903, USA

About the Event

IMPORTANT:  In-person Attendance Limited to 10 people on a first come first serve basis.  

In-person Attendees must show proof of ticket for in-person admission. No Admission without ticket.

For more than 200 years, the house on the banks of the Susquehanna in Perryville has been known as  Rodgers Tavern, the home of Colonel John Rodgers of Revolutionary War fame. The list of people who crossed on the Lower Susquehanna Ferry, and possibly ate and slept there, almost reads like a Who's Who of American soldiers and statesmen during the second half of the eighteenth century. Washington, Rochambeau and their armies crossed here in 1781 and 1782 on their way to and from the victory at Yorktown. John Rodgers met most of them, but details about his life are largely unknown. Based on in-depth research in little-known sources this illustrated talk will look at the activities of John Rodgers during…

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