George Washington Spied Here: Spies and Spying in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

6:30 pm - Social & Meeting
7:00 pm - Program

Based on recently discovered historical materials and recent books, this program by Douglas Wheeler is an inquiry into the life and death of America’s first spy, the patriot-martyr, Nathan Hale, of Coventry, Connecticut. Wheeler takes audiences on a journey through the spy world of the Culper Spy Ring of New York, Long Island and Connecticut, the most secret of the American spy rings and the most successful in getting useful intelligence to General George Washington beginning in 1778, two years after Hale’s tragic execution by the British. The Father of our country was also our first Intelligence Chief. The program is illustrated with images of the main places and dramatis personae of this unusual network of patriot secret agents and couriers.

For more information please call 471-6336 or email us at info@bedfordhistoricalnh.org. The Bedford Historical Society with a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council is co-sponsoring the event with the Bedford Library. The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. http://www.bedfordhistoricalnh.org/index.htm