Dear List, As part of its annual teachers' conference, The Institute for Archaeology, History and Education is presenting an historical program on the Battle of Saratoga at the Saratoga Springs Visitor's Center, in Saratoga Springs, NY on the morning of Saturday, May 31, 2008. This program is open to the public. The schedule that the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, sent me is at follows: Saturday, May 31, 2008 (9:00 -- 11:30 a.m.) at the Saratoga Springs Visitor Center 9:00 Welcome and Introductions 9:15 "British Strategy: Saratoga and the Reconquest of the American Colonies" ? Ray Raymond, SUNY, United States Military Academy 10:30 "Explaining Defeat Back Home to the Higher-Ups: Burgoyne's Rationale for the British Defeat," Leslie Potter Should you desire additional information on the Institute's Saturday morning program, please contact Dr. Peter Feinman at: Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education PO Box 41 Purchase, NY 10577 914-933-0440 feinmanp@ihare.org <mailto:feinmanp@ihare.org> www.ihare.org <http://www.ihare.org> I am honored to be one of the historians, whom Dr. Feinman asked to participate in this program. Since the program is open to the public, I would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to all of the list members to attend. If you can not attend, please know that you were wanted. On a more personal note, I would love to see and meet the fine folks with whom I have been corresponding through these lists for so many years. Additionally, I should add that speaking to large audiences does not scare me, but speaking to a room full of empty room does. So I hope to see you in two weeks at the Saratoga Springs Visitors' Center. Sincerely, Leslie Potter Glen Mills, PA