Subject Files--American Revolution

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Subject Files--American Revolution

Entry/Object ID

1985.002.0047

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 9" x 11 3/4" Contains the program for a pageant held at the Harry Lundeberg School on Piney Point on Saturday, July 19, 1975, an article photocopied from the Baltimore Sun about re-enactors, a program for the bicentennial re-enactment of the reading of the Declaration of Independence in the square in Leonardtown and again at Piney Point on July 17 and 18, 1976 respectively [Mr. Beitzell chaired the committee of celebration], a crudely glued together booklet of a speech to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution as done on April 1, 1965, a letter from the Committee for Cowpens Memorial, and the special bicentennial issue of Time magazine with Thomas Jefferson on the cover. The 1975 pageant focussed on the British incursions on St. George Island. There was a parade of re-enactment groups from far and wide, speeches by dignitaries, food, 2 softball games, exhibits and demonstrations, trooping of the colors and general fun and games. The Baltimore Sun article covered the many re-enactment units that attended the festivities. The program for the July 17, 1976 pageant commemorated the arrival of the Declaration of Independence in the County with parades and music and speakers. The next day, July 18, was a commemoration of the battle for St. George Island with a barbecue, exhibits, speakers, films, and the re-enactment, followed by a softball game. The booklet includes a list of the patriots who were represented by relatives or other interested parties in costume. There was a chronology of events during revolutionary times and some statistics about St. Mary's countians who served. The speech by James J. Kilpatrick to the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution made comparisons between Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" and the thinking of the founding fathers. Wilhelmina D? wrote to Mr. Beitzell about locating some of the bodies at the Battle of Cowpens. The Time magazine issue contains all the usual departments with entries appropriate to the time period.

Collection

Edwin Warfield Beitzell Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1975 - 1976

Location

Container

Edwin Beitzell Collection, Box 1

Shelf

Rack 09, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 09

Wall

North wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Beitzell, Edwin Warfield (1905-1984)