Coastal Heritage Society invites the public to attend the annual Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series on Sept. 27, Oct. 11th and Oct. 25th. The free event series will focus on topics related to Savannah, GA during the Revolutionary War era.

"Revolutionary Perspectives allows us to highlight more obscure elements of Savannah's history,” said Emily Beck, Manager of Interpretation at Coastal Heritage Society. “History can seem stale to a lot of people, but we hope this series helps dispel the idea that history is one story-there are almost unlimited possibilities for stories and perspectives when you think about the range of peoples and cultures within the boundaries of our city."

Each lecture will begin at 7pm at the Savannah History Museum Theater, 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, GA 31401. An opening reception for each lecture featuring light appetizers will be held at 6:30 pm in the Savannah History Museum lobby.

The first lecture on Sept. 27^th will be presented by Coastal Heritage Society Educator and Historical Interpreter, Ray Christie. The lecture will be called "The Sound of Thunder: Personal Accounts from the Siege of Savannah, 1779." Christie’s lecture will focus on first-hand accounts of the 1779 Battle of Savannah.

The second lecture on Oct. 11^th will be presented by Dr. Christopher Curtis, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Armstrong State University. The lecture will be called “Before the First Amendment: Separating Church and State in Colonial America” and will be about Church-State Relations during the Revolutionary Period.

To complete the series, on Oct. 25^th Dr. John Thomas Scott, Professor of History at Mercer University will present “The Wesley Mission to Georgia.” This lecture will examine the perspective of the mission and the growth of the colony of Georgia.

For questions or additional information about the Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series, please contact Holly Elliott, PR & Marketing Director at [email protected].