(Photo courtesy of Princeton Battlefield Society)

The Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) is launching the Cadwalader Lectures, a new educational series, to showcase issues and authors relevant to the Battle of Princeton and the struggle for independence.

First in the series, celebrated historian and author Richard Brookhiser will discuss his latest book, Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution, during the group’s Cadwalader Lecture on Wednesday, November 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Nassau Club. Tickets for the lecture may be secured at pbs1777.org.

Brookhiser will discuss the significance and meaning of artist John Trumbull’s works, which chronicled the American Revolution and the early days of the fledgling American nation. Trumbull’s Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton is one of the nation’s most famous American Revolution paintings. A historian and the senior editor at the National Review, Brookhiser is the author of 15 books and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He will also sign copies of Glorious Lessons before the talk.

Concerned with Americans’ growing ignorance about the fight for independence, PBS created the Cadwalader Series to educate new generations about the Battle of Princeton and the American Revolution as part of its two-year program to honor the 250th Anniversary of the nation’s birth and the Battle of Princeton, in 2026 and 2027. The series is named after Gen. John Cadwalader, one of the American heroes at the battle.

The Princeton Battlefield Society is a national historic nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection, preservation, and promotion of the Princeton Battlefield as a national treasure of the American Revolutionary War.