| Sunday April 12 at 2 pm at the Museum of Culpeper History
Title: Lord Dunmore's War of 1774: Precursor to the Revolution Outline: 1. The western border timeline from Braddock's defeat to Dunmore's War 2. Militia organization in Virginia 3. Lord Dunmore,, final Royal Governor of Virginia, seizes Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania 4. Outbreak of war with the Shawnees and Mingoes of Ohio 5. Events of the war and role of the Culpeper militia in the Battle of Point Pleasant. Actions of Culpeper's Colonel John Field in the battle. 6. Summary of the impact of Dunmore's War on the work-up to the Revolutionary War and relations with Ohio tribes during the revolution.. 7. Brief but shameless plug for novels of the Forbes Road Series and how they fit into the events of the period. 8. Questions from attendees
Robert J. Shade is a former naval officer, whose career led to command of three ships, including a guided missile destroyer. On shore duty, he specialized in financial assignments, including manager of the Navy's weapons procurement program and comptroller of a naval shipyard. After leaving the service, he practiced tax and small business accounting in the Dulles Corridor of Northern Virginia until 2010. In 1994, Mr. Shade began in-depth studies of American history during the colonial and revolutionary period. This led to his authorship of the Forbes Road Series, which tells the story of young German gunsmith and marksman Wend Eckert's journey to maturity on the Pennsylvania and Virginia border during the violent period which included the French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and Lord Dunmore's War. The series consists of the novels Forbes Road (2012), Conestoga Winter (2013), The Camp Follower Affair (To be published in April 2015), and Lord Dunmore's Folly (Late 2015). He is currently conducting research and preparing storylines which will carry the characters of the Forbes Road books through the Revolutionary War. Since the late 1990's, Mr. Shade has also presented historical lectures before various civic groups. Mr. Shade earned a Bachelor's Degree in American History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a Master's Degree in Financial Management at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He has previously authored non-fiction articles in military journals including The U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings and Surface Warfare Magazine.
Ms. Lee Langston-Harrison, Executive Director Museum of Culpeper History 113 S. Commerce Street Culpeper, VA 22701 540-829-5954 (direct line) director@culpepermuseum.com | 
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