Come early and enjoy dinner at MaGerks before our meeting!!

Live Meeting at MaGerks Fort Washington – 582 S. Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington, PA 19034

We recommend that you get here before 6:30pm to order your food and drinks before the lecture.  Bring $1 or $5 cash for our used book raffle and you could win a Revolutionary War book!!  Program begins around 7:15pm, Lecture around 7:30pm.

 

“Remember Paoli”, is the nation’s first battle cry and was born of the battle that was fought in Malvern, PA on night of September 20th, 1777. Learn about how British General Charles “No Flint” Grey led around 2,000 men at night into the Great Valley to surprise over 2000 of General Anthony Wayne’s men and 2100 Maryland Militia under General William Smallwood. The ninth bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War left Philadelphia open to British occupation and also left a lasting impact on the local community. In 1817 the second oldest Revolutionary War Memorial was dedicated and is still remembered today with the Malvern Memorial Parade. Let’s explore why this battle is called the “Paoli Massacre,” as well as common myths such as soldiers being asleep during the attack. General Anthony Wayne would regain his reputation during the Battle of Stony Point, NY, in which he used lessons learned from the Paoli Battle to earn a complete victory and international acclaim.

 

 

To order this book go to: Battle of Paoli – by Thomas McGuire – Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund Inc.

About Jim Christ

 Jim Christ is President of the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund, and has been on its board since 2012.  Jim is an avid history buff and is also Vice President of the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia, Vice President of the Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table, Board Member and docent of the Christian Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford, Board Member of the Paoli Memorial Association, Treasurer of Historical Military Impressions, Inc, a non-profit military reenactment group that performs in several states, and a member of the Chester County 250^th Committee.  Jim works as Director of Client Services for Shelby Financial Corporation, in Exton Pennsylvania, and has an Associate’s degree in Business Administration.  Jim is married and lives on what was The Battle of The Clouds battlefield, a Revolutionary War battlefield in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.