Three nationally recognized historians will explore the lives of the nation’s first three presidents in Historic Christ Church & Museum’s 2024 Summer Speaker Series, “The First Three: From Washington to Jefferson.”
Historic Christ Church & Museum is located at 420 Christ Church Road, Weems in Lancaster County.
The series begins July 25 with a presentation by National Park Service historian Mark Maloy. In “Victory or Death: George Washington and the Ten Crucial Days,” Maloy will take the audience to the tense days of December 1776, where Washington and the Continental Army sit on the verge of utter destruction by the banks of the Delaware River. Rather than submit to defeat, Washington and his small band of soldiers cross the ice-choked river and attack the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey the day after Christmas. Maloy will show how Washington follows up this stunning victory with successful actions at Assunpink Creek and Princeton to turn the tables and breathe new life...