With George Washington at White Plains, 1776

Join ERW this Sunday evening, December 12 at 7 p.m. ET on our Facebook page to watch John Diaconis, President, Libby Del Greco, Secretary, and Lynn Briggs, Board Member of the Friends of Miller House/Washington’s HQ as they discuss George Washington during the battle of White Plains in late October 1776. Since their formation in 2011, the Friends of Miller House / Washington’s Headquarters have spent hundreds of hours working with Westchester County and the Town of North Castle trying to save Miller House / Washington’s Headquarters. Hear their preservation story, new exciting research and interpretation, and the importance of this site during the entirety of the Revolution.

Ms. Briggs is the Chairman of the Yorktown Heritage Preservation Commission, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Westchester County Historical Society and the Board of Directors for Friends of Miller House/Washington’s Headquarters, Inc. She is a former executive with three Fortune 200 companies, with domestic and international management experience.

Libby Del Greco is the Board Secretary of the Friends of Miller House/Washington’s Headquarters, Inc. She has worked as a fundraiser for nearly fifteen years for the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, and holds a degree in American Studies from Siena College. She is also an alum of the Gettysburg Semester, Fall 2005 at Gettysburg College.

John S. Diaconis practices in the area of insurance and reinsurance claims and acts as an arbitrator in reinsurance matters, having been certified by ARIAS U.S. He has almost thirty years of experience in the industry as both in-house and outside counsel. He received his J.D. from Drake University Law School, where he was a member of Law Review, and his LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

As always, if you are unable to make it Sunday evening, you can catch this and dozens of other Rev War Revelries on our YouTube page!

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