Thiel History Professor addresses conference on origins of War for American Independence

GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Thiel College Assistant Professor of History Jay Donis, Ph.D. presented this summer at a two-day conference on the Revolutionary War held at George Mason’s Gunston Hall, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society and George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

The co-organized event was held July 24-25 and took an in-depth approach to examining the causes of the American Revolution, while paying special attention to the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves, a central document of the revolution. Donis spoke on a panel of scholars that focused solely on “The Backcountry in the American Revolution War.” He focused his presentation on the “Western Wall: American Nationalism on the Virginia Frontier Before Independence.”

While at the conference, Donis visited the Ona Judge Historical Marker at Mount Vernon, Va. The recently installed historical plaque honors Ona Judge (Oney), the African American woman who escaped President George Washington’s household enslavement and made her way free to New Hampshire. This is significant to Donis as many of his students read a narrative on Oney and three other people who were set free following the passing of George Washington.

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