Meet Revolutionary War general at Haywood County Library
Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene was said to be George Washington’s favorite. National Park Service photo
As part of the multi-year America 250 NC effort, Haywood County’s Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Haywood County America 250 NC team will host a historical presentation by George Washington’s favorite general — sort of.
John Meisenheimer, previously honored as the North Carolina Historian of the Year by the N.C. Society of Historians, will appear in person as Gen. Nathanael Greene and tell the story of how Greene and Brigadier General Daniel Morgan outwitted British generals Charles Cornwallis and Banastre Tarleton in the backcountry of North Carolina early in 1781. Many credit Greene and Morgan’s efforts to hassle, impede and otherwise harass Cornwallis’ troops as a major factor in Cornwallis’ eventual surrender to a combined Franco-American force at Yorktown later that year.
The event will take place at the Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood St. in Waynesville on Saturday, June 7. Coffee and light refreshments will be available beginning at 10 a.m. Meisenheimer’s program will begin at 10:30 a.m. and continues until noon. Free and open to the public.
