Annual Meeting

Join us for the Annual Meeting of the Louisa County Historical Society! This event will feature a presentation by John U. Rees, an American military historian, independent researcher, and author who specializes in the material culture and everyday lives of common soldiers and women during the American Revolution. A lifelong resident of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Rees has spent nearly forty years researching micro-history topics, producing roughly 200 articles and monographs on military food rations, baggage wagons, campaign shelters, and conscription. He is widely recognized for his groundbreaking 2019 book, They Were Good Soldiers: African Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783.

An elected Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, Rees frequently contributes to the Journal of the American Revolution and has co-authored specialized volumes, including Don Troiani's Black Soldiers in America's Wars, 1754-1865.