WILLIAMSBURG, Va., June 26 -- William and Mary issued the following news release:
As the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches, icons of American history like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin may immediately come to mind. But what about those who were forgotten by history?
"Revolution Untold" aimed to solve that problem. The project, produced through a partnership between Strategic Cultural Partnerships (SCP) at William & Mary and the City of Williamsburg, centered on figures whose Revolutionary War experiences have been overshadowed. Students were the core of the project: Seven of them, with one faculty member, dug through Williamsburg's founding-era records and shaped what surfaced into...