Members attending the Chapter's next Regular Meeting scheduled on May 28th at Sugar Creek BBQ on Hwy 6 in Missouri City. are in for a treat.
The special speaker will be author and educator, J Kent McGaughy. Professor McGaughy will be speaking on Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.
Kent is the Associate Chair of the History Department at Houston Community College, Northwest. He received his B.A. from University of Texas in 1986, his M.A.in 1993 and PhD in 1997 from the University of Houston. Professor McGaughy's Master's thesis was titled “Richard Henry Lee and the American Revolution. His Doctoral Dissertation was titled “A Faction of One: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, 1732-1794.
As an author, he has published, "Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary. Professor McGaughy he written done numerous articles and essays and performed many presentations and appearances covering such topics like Lee, the Stamp Act, the Conway Cabal, Virginia and the Revolution, the British soldier on the frontier, War of 1812, etc.