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Films About Revolution SetFive Hollywood films on the American Revolution plus three nationally knownhistorians are on the schedule this week as part of a conference at Ohio University on “The American Revolution: Images and Realities.The public is invited to the free movies and the speeches although the conference has been arranged primarily for high school students selected from all over the state.The movie schedule in*AdvertisingFor BidsApprovedSTEWART - The Federal Hocking School Board Thursday night approved advertisement for bids on gasoline. bread, tires and milk for the 1975-76 school year.One year leaves of absence were granted for Sandra Knapp and Virginia Beals.Resignations were accepted from Rosemary D. Beck, Wilma Weaver and Tonya Scott Ruchti.Committee to MeetMIDDLEPORT - The Middleport Citizens Recreation Committee will meet Monday, 8:30 pm. at the Middleport Fire Station. All interested persons are invited.eludes: Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), today; “Lafayette (1963), Monday; “The Devil s Disciple” (1959), Tuesday; “John Paul Jones (1959), Wednesday; and The Howards of Virginia (1940), Thursday. All films will be at 8 pm. in 201 MortonMathematics Auditorium.The conference’s first speaker will be Reginald Horsman, distinguished professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He will discuss “The Image of the Indian in the Age of the American Revolution at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Morton 237.Professor James Walker of the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, will speak on “The Black Loyalists: The Slaves’ War of Independence, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Morton 237.The third speaker, Professor Eric Foner of the City University of New York will talk on “Popular Radicalism in the Age of the American Revolution, at 10 a.m., Friday, Morton 237Funding for the conference is being supplied by the Gund Foundation of Cleveland and Ohio University. Programming is under the direction of the university's History Department and the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Commission.
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Jul 20, 1975
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