Health & Fitness
Spying During the American Revolution
Silvan Gleissner of Danbury will speak at the Brookfield Museum, Monday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The Brookfield Historical Society will host a lecture on Revolutionary War Spying on Monday April 8, 2013 at 7:30 PM at Brookfield Historical Society Museum at 165 Whisconier Road (Junction Routes 25 and 133) in Brookfield Center.
The multi-media presentation, part of the museum's American Military Forum, will cover Spying Activities During the American Revolution. The guest speaker will be Silvan Gleissner of Danbury.
Gleissner, a Revolutionary War re-enactor and lecturer, is a member of the Living History Association, the Continental Line, the Brigade of the American Revolution and a former staff member of the Board of Trustees of the Scott-Fanton Museum in Danbury. He is an ardent historian of undercover intelligence activities, which took place throughout our military history. Gleissner has made presentations
at historic venues to include Mount Vernon, Virginia and Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan. He will focus on noted spies who operated during the War of Independence and the techniques and gadgets used at that time to transmit secret intelligence. The presentation is free and complimentary refreshments will be served. For more information on this and other programs of the Brookfield Historical Society, log onto www.brookfieldcthistory.org.
