Appearances and Tours


General Charles Lord Cornwallis appeared at the 35-Mile Association’s Home Town Day in Goochland, VA (October 30, 2010)

Saratoga’s All-American Celebration: General John Burgoyne marched again in the 4th of July parade (2010)

"General Howe's Dog at the Battle of Germantown, 1777" presented by General Charles Lord Cornwallis at Byrd Elementary School, Goochland County Public Schools, Goochland, VA  (2010)

Saratoga’s All-American Celebration: General John Burgoyne marched in the parade, made an afternoon presentation and he was available for photo-ops. (July 4, 2009 Saratoga Springs, NY)

Saratoga's All-American Celebration: Family, Freedom, and Founding Fathers—a parade and appearance by General John Burgoyne (July 5, 2008—Saratoga Springs, New York)


Photo by Dave Zunker

"General Howe's Dog at the Battle of Germantown, 1777" presented by General Lord Cornwallis at Goochland Elementary School, Goochland, VA (January 19, 2010)

“Audacity without a Strategy” presented by General Lord Cornwallis at South Middle School, Martinsburg, WV (October 16, 2009)

“Audacity without a Strategy” presented by General Lord Cornwallis at George Washington Middle School and Francis C. Hammond Middle School, Alexandria City Public Schools (December 9 and 10, 2008)

“Special Appearances by Lord Cornwallis” at Select Registry’s 2008 Annual Conference in Williamsburg, VA (November 9 and 12, 2008)

“The Murder of Jane McCrea or How I Lost the War in America” presented by General Burgoyne at South Middle School, Martinsburg, WV (October 24, 2008)

“2008 Historic House Tour”—Lord Cornwallis appeared at The Forest for the Goochland County Historical Society (October 11, 2008)


General Burgoyne with his hound, Sally, at the All-American Celebration,
Saratoga Springs, NY, July 5, 2008



General Cornwallis at the home of Ginger and James Sanderlin
—Goochland County Historic Homes Tour


General Burgoyne at South Middle School, Martinsburg, West Virginia

"The World Turned Upside Down: General Charles, the Earl Cornwallis' Musings on His Surrender at Yorktown"  A presentation for Keystone Information Systems, Inc.'s Annual Users Conference on October 9, 2008 at Shields' Tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia

Dinwiddie County Public Schools—Administrators’ Leadership Retreat—
August 8, 2007—a presentation by Lt. Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne

Isle of Wight County Patriot’s Day—April 14, 2007—Lt. Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne discussing “The Murder of Jane McCrea or How I Lost the War in America”


Photo by John Littlefield

Tours led for the
Stars & Stripes Events, LLC:

“Drums Along the Mohawk: The Revolutionary War in Upstate New York” in Johnstown, NY (July 2010)

“Daniel Boone: Revolutionary War Hero of Kentucky” in Lexington, KY (May 2010)

“The Swamp Fox: Francis Marion, Hero of the Revolutionary War in South Carolina” in North Charleston, SC (November 2009)

“Rogers Rangers and the French and Indian War” in Lake George, NY (September 2009)


Tours led for the
American History Forum/Civil War Education Association:

“’A Daring and Well-Planned Affair’: The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond” (July 2004)

“Drums Along the Mohawk: The American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley of New York” (May 2005)

 “Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill” (May 2006)

 “From Fort Ticonderoga to Saratoga: The Turning Point of the American Revolution” (September 2006)

“Defending the Highlands: The American Revolution in the Hudson River Valley” (October 2007)

"The Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on Richmond" (February 2008)


Upcoming:

In 2011 Bruce Venter will be co-leading history tours for America’s History, LLC on the following topics:


“Leatherstocking Tales: the Real Historic Sites of James Fenimore Cooper’s Novels”

“Pontiac’s Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania and New York”

“The Bristoe Campaign: Lee vs. Meade in the Fall of 1863”

“The Gamecock vs. the Swamp Fox: Thomas Sumter as Revolutionary War Hero in South Carolina”

For more information call 1-855 OUR HISTORY (687-4478) or go online to www.AmericasHistoryLLC.com

For the Mosby Heritage Area Association’s Conference on the Art of Command in the Civil War, Bruce will present the following lecture on September 30, 2011:

“General Insubordination: Custer vs. Kilpatrick in the Third Cavalry Division

Other past presentations:

15th Annual Conference of the Civil War Education Association
(Sarasota, FL)

Civil War Education Association: Cavalry Symposia (1994 and 1997)

St. Louis Civil War Round Table

Sarasota Civil War Round Table

Harpers’ Ferry Civil War Round Table

Alexandria (VA) Civil War Round Table

Capital District (Albany, NY) Civil War Round Table

Harrisburg (PA) Civil War Round Table

North Carolina Civil War Round Table (Burlington, NC)

Richmond (VA) Civil War Round Table

Powhatan (VA) Civil War Round Table


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