Fort Mifflin: "The Savior of the Revolution"

Code: TT31019

Dates: October 31, 2024

Meets: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Fort Mifflin

Course Fee: $55.00

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Enjoy a journey through history at Fort Mifflin, a Revolutionary War stronghold which defended Philadelphia from the British following the Battle of the Brandywine. Your tour guide, Major Lawrence Swesey, will lead you on an exploration of the Fort’s historic barracks, fortifications and officers’ quarters, some of which are reputed to be haunted. Engage with reenactors dressed in period uniforms and experience a cannon firing.
Fee: $55.00
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Fort Mifflin

6400 Hog Island Rd
Philadelphia, PA 19163

Lawrence Swesey

I am a retired educator and military officer, married with three adult children. My educational experience is primarily in mentoring and instructing adult (both young and mature) students in a variety of disciplines. My professional educational career centered upon instructing juniors and seniors in a highly regarded academic public high school in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. My military career included a long assignment as a primary instructor at the U.S. Army’s Reserve Officer Advanced Course at Ft Knox, Kentucky. Additionally, my professional career included several years as an adjunct facility instructor at the college level. I have also, presented lectures, learning sessions and workshops at professional conferences and various organizations, developed and conducted educational tours of historical significant locations and mentored young professionals. After retiring from public school instruction I accepted a position as Adjunct Professor at Valley Forge Military College instructing Ethics and History. Since my professional retirement I have continued to give occasional lectures and conduct historical site educational tours. I also serve as a volunteer in the Museum Programs Department at The Benjamin Franklin Institute , Philadelphia, PA. Certifications and degrees include: Bachelor of Science The United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 1969 Master of Education Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1978 U.S. Army Instructor 275th U.S. Army Reserve School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1985 Major educational assignments include: High School Teacher Lower Moreland High School Huntingdon Valley, PA High School Teacher Lower Merion School District Lower Merion, PA Advanced Course Inst U.S. Officer Reserve Advanced Course Ft Knox, KY High School Teacher West Windsor-Plainsboro Sch. Dis trict Princeton Junction, NJ Adjunct Professor Valley Forge Military College Wayne, PA

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