Other Revolutionaries: Life on the Homefront During the American Revolution with Jim Morgan

About the Event: The focus of the 250 th Anniversary of the American Revolution is on the excitement of combat. But the majority of people living through the Revolution were not fighters. Their focus was day to day survival, complicated by shortages of food, salt, and currency; rampant inflation; short-handed farms and businesses; weak government; and raids by partisans on both sides. Loyalist families, and more so enslaved families, faced greater hardships. And war could always show up at your doorstep! Come hear what life was like for the “other revolutionaries” on the homefront during seven long years of war.

About the Speaker: Jim Morgan is a writer/researcher with a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. Jim created “The American Revolution Tour of North Carolina ™ ” ( AmRevNC.com), a research-based, book-length website telling the stories of more than 100 locations across the state. He continues the research and gives tours, talks, and TV interviews. He had two articles on the Revolution in the April issue of Our State magazine. Previously he did university and business writing for many years. He then taught the science of teamwork and coached project management at a wide variety of organizations, including Los Alamos National Laboratory, Microsoft, and startups. Jim lives in Durham, sails, and has black belts in two martial arts.

Community event in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, NC 28656.