The Revolutionary War in Montgomery County with Historian Susan Cooke Soderberg

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Resolution or Revolution? – Men of the Hungerford Resolves

Two years before the Declaration of Independence, the question being debated was not how to go to war with England, but if we could avoid war. What led ten men to sign the Hungerford Resolves of June 11, 1774, joining the call of Massachusetts to boycott all British goods? What were their grievances against their colonizer and protector Great Britain? How did they expect to settle the conflict without going to war? Learn who these men were, their religious and political backgrounds, and how they would serve in the future revolution.

About the Presenter

A passionate seeker of truth about the past, Susan Cooke Soderberg has been active for the past 40+ years writing, lecturing, testifying, and leading tours of historic sites. Her formal education includes a BA in Art History from the College of William and Mary and an MA in American Studies from George Washington University. She is retired as a public historian with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission where she created the Underground Railroad Experience Trail and an exhibit of 19th-century carpentry tools inside Oakley Cabin, refurbished the Bussard farmhouse and interpretive signs at the Agricultural History Farm Park, and wrote many historic markers, among other tasks. She has written several books on state and local history, as well as numerous scholarly articles, as well as being a researcher and consultant for the Emmy Award winning documentary, “Life in a War Zone: Montgomery County in the Civil War,” produced by Heritage Montgomery. Currently, she is president of the Germantown Historical Society, an advisor for the King Barn Dairy Mooseum, a member of Montgomery Preservation, and a Commissioner on the Governor’s Maryland Military Monuments Commission. Georgetown University Press published her biography of Josiah Henson, a man who grew up enslaved in Montgomery County and now has a road and a park named for him in the County.