View the recorded presentations seen at the 9th Annual Prince William/Manassas History Symposium held at the Manassas Museum on Saturday, March 23, 2024. In his presentation “Prince William County in the American Revolution,” Michael Cecere discusses local 18th century leaders and their significant roles in the years leading up to and during the American Revolution.
Michael Cecere is a retired History teacher who resides in Williamsburg, Virginia with his wife, Susan. Originally from Maine, he taught high school and college level American History for thirty years in Fairfax County and Gloucester County, Virginia. The author of twenty-five books and numerous articles on the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, he continues to research and write in retirement. His most recent book, entitled, Witness to Revolution: Growing Up in Williamsburg During the American Revolution, was published in August 2023. It is co-authored with his daughter Jennifer and is their first historical fiction. It looks at the American Revolution in Williamsburg through the eyes of three children who live in the capital.
When he is not writing, Mr. Cecere volunteers and works at Colonial Williamsburg sometimes as a tobacco farmer, other times as a soldier or a colonial dancer. He also participates in Revolutionary War reenactments throughout the east coast and lectures at historic sites and historical societies.
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