HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2023-01-23 Upcoming Discussion to Highlight African and Native American Involvement in the Revolutionary War
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
January 24, 2023
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Upcoming Discussion to Highlight African and Native American
Involvement in the Revolutionary War
Leesburg, VA (January 24, 2023) – Thomas Balch Library will host
speaker Charles Jameson in a discussion of African Americans and
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War on Sunday, February 12,
beginning at 2 p.m.
As of today, it is known that over 8,000 African Americans and
Native Americans fought in the American Revolution. Some were
free and some enslaved. Whether fighting for the British or American
cause, African Americans and Native Americans were fighting for
their freedom. This talk is based on information extracted from the
Daughters of the American Revolution's research on Forgotten
Patriots and from other Revolutionary War resources.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-737-7195, email
balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online.
Charles Jameson, born in Culpeper VA, was educated in a segregated school system, graduating
from George Washington Carver Regional High School in 1965 and from Virginia
Commonwealth University in 1970 with a BS in Education. He served in Vietnam for 13 months,
1970-1971, with three units, including the 11th armored Cavalry first of the 5th Mechanized
units on the DMZ, and finishing with the 101st Airborne on the Laotian Border. While deployed
in Vietnam he earned the Purple Heart, three bronze Stars and the Vietnamese Cross of
Gallantry - a unit citation. Following military service, he entered civilian life pursuing a career
as Project Superintendent heavy highway and site development in Maryland and Virginia. Upon
retirement, he joined Sons of the American Revolution where he learned a lot about his own
lineage back to the Revolutionary War and the Culpeper Minutemen. Jameson served as
President of the Culpeper Minute Men Chapter Virginia Society of Sons of the American
Revolution (VASSAR) from 2020-2022. He currently serves on the board of Culpeper History
Museum, Carver 4 County Museum, George Washington Carver Agricultural Research Center
and is Historian for the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter VASSAR.
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