LECTURE | Portraits of Patriots with Historian Damien Cregeau
Thursday, June 25 , 7:00 PM
One man painted the Revolution. Another held the Bible at Washington’s inauguration. And both have deep Connecticut roots.
Join us for Portraits of Patriots, a richly illustrated presentation tracing six extraordinary lives from the American Revolution—beginning with Colonel John Trumbull, who left the battlefield to become the young republic’s defining visual chronicler. Through Trumbull’s paintings and the work of his gifted sister Faith Trumbull Huntington, Cregeau brings an entire family into focus: soldiers, artists, and survivors bound together by war and ambition.
At the center of it all: Samuel Webb of Wethersfield. Aide-de-camp to both Generals Putnam and Washington. Veteran of Bunker Hill. The man who held the Bible as George Washington took the oath of office in 1789.
Bring your copy of Portraits of Patriots to get it signed by the author.
Tickets: $15 |$12.50 Virtual | $10 Members
*This lecture will be offered in person and via Zoom. Zoom link will be provided in advance of the lecture.
Damien Cregeau | Damien Cregeau earned his B.A. in history from Hillsdale College and M.A. in history from Colorado State. He is a nationally-recognized scholar of the American Revolution who has spoken throughout the U.S. from Boston to Washington, D.C. to Chicago. He received the History Award and medal from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2021 in recognition of his scholarly research and many important contributions to the public’s appreciation for early American history. His talk on Alexander Hamilton is available to watch on C-SPAN. He has been published in numerous journals and magazines, including Military History Quarterly, ten features in the Journal of the American Revolution, and Financial History magazine. He published his first book, Portraits of Patriots, in 2025. He and his wife, Pam, a psychologist, own two homes in Connecticut built in 1765—the Private Samuel Hanmer House in Wethersfield and the General Jedediah Huntington House in Norwich.
