My Turn
After my Virtual Presentation about George Washington, I was asked if I’d watched AMC’s TURN: George Washington’s Spies.
Nope.
But now I have! (Here’s the trailer.)
The series was based on actual events, but with some … inconsistencies from actual history. I’m not going to go through any of that here (this is no place for spoilers!). Instead, this is just a random collection of people who appeared in the show … along with a doodle that may or not have something to do with the Revolutionary War.
If you want more about the history, check this out. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧The flag above was inspired by the TURN: Washington’s Spies title sequence which is incredible. Hush… hush…
General George Washington
Martha Washington
The Sarah Livingston mentioned above is not the same Sarah Livingston featured in the show.
Robert Rogers
General Charles Lee
I’m keeping my thoughts to myself, but his pack of dogs were not in the show. Not even his bear-like giant Pomeranian Spada.
Benedict and Peggy Arnold
Robert Morris
Loyalist NYC Mayor David Mathews
I couldn’t find a depiction of him, so I drew Dave Matthews instead.
Loyalist New York Governor William Tryon
Maybe this doodle was based on a portrait of him painted by John Wollaston… but it may be neither a portrait of Tryon nor by Wollaston.
British General Burgoyne
Cicero
I don’t have any doodles of Cicero, but recently learned more about enslavers renaming those they enslave … and giving them names of historic figures. Like a gross, dehumanizing joke.
Light Horse Harry Lee
When he came up, I told my husband (Robert Rogers, not to be confused with the one with all of the Rules of Ranging) that Lee was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s dad. But then second-guessed myself when he pointed out that nearly 100 years separated the two wars.
But I wasn’t wrong.
From the end of the Revolutionary War to the beginning of the Civil War was 78 years. Feel free to check my math, but it looks like:
Light Horse (Henry Lee III) was 19 years old when the Revolutionary War began.
He was 51 years old when his son Robert E. Lee was born.
Robert E. Lee was 54 years old when the Civil War began.
Marquis de Lafayette
Hercules Mulligan
Alexander Hamilton
King George III
(He didn’t actually say this.)
General “Mad” Anthony Wanye
General Cornwallis
General Henry Knox
MORE TV
VIRTUAL PRESIDENTIAL SERIES
Find more details here, or watch the ones that have already happened:
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