Western Lecture Series presents ‘What Our Teachers Never Told Us About the American Revolution’ March 6

In partnership with Humanities Washington, Western Washington University on the Peninsulas will host author Don Glickstein at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6 at Poulsbo City Hall Council Chambers, 200 Moe St. NE, for “What Our Teachers Never Told Us About the American Revolution.”

This event, which is free and open to the public and part of the Western Lecture Series, offers a perspective of the American Revolution not taught in school. Narratives include reasons why Native Americans and African Americans supported the British, how a Muslim general came to fight the British with a French ally named Admiral Satan, and why fighting spread around the world.

Glickstein explores rarely heard perspectives on the war in his illustrated talk, with links to how the war connected to Washington state.

The author attended the University of Massachusetts and spend 10 years as an award-winning journalist in Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Seattle. He worked as campaign press secretary for former Washington governor Booth Gardner and communications manager for Group Health. His first book, “After Yorktown,” describes how fighting during the American Revolution spread across the world.

The Western Lecture Series features prominent speakers who deliver talks on an array of academic subjects intended to expand knowledge, provoke thought, enhance understanding and inspire creativity. Each lecture presents a new and interesting topic, and are offered free of charge throughout the year.

For more information about this lecture and future lectures, visit ee.wwu.edu/wls or call 360-394-2748.