History Luncheon: Washington's Leadership

Co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Rockland County and the Northwest Bergen History Coalition.

We are privileged to have William M. Ferraro, Research Associate Professor and Editor of The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia, as our guest speaker.

Most recently, the Washington Study Group has been focused on the Yorktown campaign and British surrender during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Ferraro wrote to us: "Washington was at his best coordinating the logistics of the march from the New York Highlands, through New Jersey, and southward to Virginia. Your group will be hearing the freshest documentary scholarship on George Washington and this period of the Revolutionary War, and a good part of it takes place right in your area."

About the speaker: William M. Ferraro was born in Corning, New York, and grew up in South River, New Jersey. Before joining The Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia in 2006, he worked as an editor at The Salmon P. Chase Papers, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, and The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Much of his independent research has evolved from his editing, and he has published scholarly articles and book chapter focused on Grant, Washington, James Monroe, and John and William Tecumseh Sherman. His numberous posts on nuances of Washington's correspondence and aspects of documentary editing can be found at washingtonpapers.org under the "Blog" tab.

Valet parking will be available.