Greg Brooking's Lecture

 Anderson House - Home of the Society of the Cincinnati and the American Revolution Institute

On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, we were guests of Greg Brooking at the Anderson House to hear him speak about his new book, 

Recently George was informed by the Historical Society of South Carolina that he was not the only historian working on a book about Henry Laurens.  Greg is already working on the same topic George has been working on for over 5 years.  I thought it would spur George to get on with the writing and finish his book because he has done so much work already.  Much to my surprise George was relieved.  He is convienced that Henry has been overlooked for too long (my suggested book title -  The Forgotten Founding Father - and while reslishing doing research, he angonizes over writing.  So he decided to just hand over all of his research to Greg.  What a lucky guy!  Turns out he's also a really nice guy and we were thrilled to get to meet him after weeks of them exchanging emails.

We look forward to welcoming Greg back to the area this summer.  He will be a scholar in residence at the Mount Vernon Library and staying in the dorm next to the library.

Here ae two images I took before the event began:

High up on the wall near the portrait of George Washington was a pair of Buddhas.  This is 1 of them.

The stunning ceiling

To read more about the Home see my post of 2023 - September.