An itinerant 18th-century artist's rendition of Taunton Green during the Revolutionary Period, reproduction courtesy of Old Colony History Museum, Taunton, MA.

Scholars of the Revolutionary period note that while Robert Treat Paine gained fame and a place in history for his service to the Patriot cause, his friends and neighbors, Daniel Leonard and Dr. William McKinstry, suffered greatly for their loyalty to the Crown. Little has been done, however, to examine how wartime disrupted the lives of the wives and children on both sides of the conflict. In these two lectures, Dr. William Hanna will describe life on the home front as experienced by the Paine, Leonard and McKinstry families.

These lectures are free and open to the public. No registration is required. You may attend either or both: the second is 19 November at the same place and time.