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"Cornwallis's Sarpints”: The Journey of British Prisoners of War through Revolutionary Piedmont is the topic of the next Conversations in History program co-sponsored by NOVA Parks and the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area.  Scheduled for Sunday, August 14 at 3 PM, the program features Ian MacDougall, VPHA Public Programs Coordinator, discussing the experiences of prisoners of war held by the American Army as early as the summer of 1776 until after the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.  British, German, and American Loyalist prisoners of war were held in counties of the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. 

Before joining the staff of VPHA, Ian spent eight years working with Colonial Williamsburg, and during part of that time he worked in the Military Programs department. His research focuses on Virginia in the Revolutionary War and the experience of British soldiers in America.

Suggested donation is $10 per person, and no reservations are required."Cornwallis's Sarpints”: The Journey of British Prisoners of War through Revolutionary Piedmont is the topic of the next Conversations in History program co-sponsored by NOVA Parks and the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area.  Scheduled for Sunday, August 14 at 3 PM, the program features Ian MacDougall, VPHA Public Programs Coordinator, discussing the experiences of prisoners of war held by the American Army as early as the summer of 1776 until after the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.  British, German, and American Loyalist prisoners of war were held in counties of the Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley.