Afternoon Lecture Series
Sons of the American Revolution: Funding Freedom: Making Dollars & “Cents” of the American Revolution
Wednesday, August 7, 1:15 pm

Revolutions cost money. Even before the United States declared its independence it was riddled with debt. Seasoned financiers traded bills of exchange with foreign nations while wealthy Patriots were asked to give until it left them penniless. Promissory notes, personal loans and a financial network of correspondence forecast a nation built on credit. Colonists yearned to be independent yet valor on the battlefield alone would not be enough to acquire freedom. Colleen Wilson and Zac Distel from the Sons of the American Revolution will take us through the economy of the American Revolution and the years that followed.
The Locust Grove Afternoon Lecture Series is held the first Wednesday of each month. Dessert and coffee are served at 1:00 pm with the lecture immediately following at 1:15 pm. Admission is $6, $4 for Friends of Historic Locust Grove. Reservations are not required. Part of The Age of Hamilton series at Locust Grove.