In Person Talk "Allegiance" with Tamsen Evans George

55 Palmer Avenue,Falmouth MA 02540

19 April, 2022

Description

An eyewitness, William Eustis' story is told in the framework of the creation of the United States. William Eustis was intimately involved in all the strategy and planning to bring liberty to this new republic. Born in Boston, his adventures as a doctor took him from apprentice o Dr. Joseph Warren, to siege lines in Cambridge and Bunker Hill, then as surgeon in the Continental Army in the Hudson Highland with General George Washington. At West Point, hew was in the room when Benedict Arnold's treachery was discovered. He became a congressman in Washington during its firs days as a capitol city, served as Secretary of War in the War of 1812, and sailed across the pond as ambassador to the Netherlands arriving just after the Battle of Waterloo. Later as governor of Massachusetts he cleared the way for consideration oft the Cape Cod Canal.