Historic Augusta’s annual Edward J. Cashin Memorial Woodrow Wilson Symposium, also known as the Cashin Memorial Wilson Symposium, is set for Nov. 13-14 at the Morris Museum of Art.
The free event brings together historians and scholars to explore Augusta’s Revolutionary history and its enduring influence, according to a news release from Historic Augusta
The Friday program will be from 6–9 p.m., featuring keynote speaker Dr. Alice Taylor-Colbert’s presentation of “Trade, Treaties, and Tumult: Native Peoples and Revolutionary Augusta.” A reception will follow.
Saturday morning will feature refreshments and talks by Thomas Heard Robertson Jr., Melissa DeVelvis and Bobby Donaldson.
Robertson will speak at 9:30 a.m. on “Loyalists in Backcountry Georgia”. DeVelvis, assistant professor of history at Augusta University, will present “The Revolutionary Legacy and ‘Spirit of ’76’ during Secession” at 10:30 a.m., and Donaldson, an Augusta native and associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
Joining Historic Augusta for the symposium are sponsors including Augusta University Center for the Study of Georgia History, Historic Augusta, Inc., Morris Museum of Art, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, and Augusta Historical Society.
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