The Stories250 Celebration: "Our Ancestors at the Time of the American Revolution" Stories

 In honor of America 250 (the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence), Barbara Tien was the creator, producer and executor of a plan to highlight genealogy and family history writers on SubStack with stories about an ancestor, reletive, or event related to the Revolutionary War.  Writers were invited to submit their stories for inclusion in this plan culminating in a discussion video and a published book. I submitted one of my America250 stories.

1)  Last week on 9 July, Barbara hosted Stories250 | A Celebration: Our Ancestors at the Time of the American Revolution -- two Zoom meetings where most of the story submitters described their contribution to Stories250.  Her SubStack article says:

Together we created a digital time capsule, connecting modern descendants to the lives lived by our ancestors 250 years ago during a tumultuous period of war in North America. Hear our stories.

The SubStack article has links to each of the Stories contributed by 22 writers.  

Here is the YouTube video created for the celebration: 

2)  My own contribution was from my blog post Ask AI: "Please Write a Short Story About Norman Seaver Returning Home After Lexington in 1775."  

My discussion about my story starts at 1:09:10 in the YouTube video.  Here is a video clip of my discussion (courtesy of Barbara Tien who is so good at this!):

I made one error in my narrative -- I said Norman Seaver died in 1777, when his actual death date was 1787.  Did you catch that at the time I said it?

3)  But wait -- Barbara has arranged to publish a commemorative book in magazine format containing all of the submitted stories.  She notes:

"The entire book, with title pages and indexes, should be around 550 pages. Although I will not add any overhead or padding to my costs, the total per copy purchased through Lulu will be roughly US$30, plus shipping. I expect printing options in all global markets, including the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada."

I will post the link to purchase the book in magazine format here when it is available. 

4)  NOTE:  All of the stories I've written about many of my own Revolutionary War soldiers are in My "America 250" Compendium - Posts About My Revolutionary War Ancestors.

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