Lexington Veterans Association Presents “The Other Side of the Ocean” 

With Professor Richard Bell on Monday, September 9

Brookhaven at Lexington, 1010 Waltham Street and by Zoom

Free and open to the public with coffee and conversation at 12:45 pm, program at 1:15

Zoom link at lexmavets.com

Britain was bitterly divided as to what the war for American independence was about, how to win it, and whether it was worth it.  Historian Richard Bell examines the reactions of King George—what he wanted and how he tried to get it; members of Parliament with all their agendas and interests; and everyone else in Britain – the press, the merchants, the manufacturers, the radicals, the clergy, the laborers, and the men and women on the street. What did THEY think about Britain’s War in America, and did anyone in power, whether in the palace or in Parliament, ever stop to listen to what THEY had to say?  

Richard Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland.  An award-winning author, he has held major research fellowships at Yale, Cambridge, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.