Welcome to the Historical Society of Montgomery County, PA.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
MEETING NED
Edward “Ned” Hector was one of three to five thousand “people of color” who served as patriotic soldiers during the American Revolution. Ned Hector was a black artilleryman from Montgomery County who fought during the Revolutionary War. Noah Lewis, historian and re-enactor, will tell Ned’s story of what it was like to be a black soldier in Washington’s Army.
Meeting Ned will be held at the Society’s Headquarters at 1654 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA and is free to the public.
Funding for the Historical Society of Montgomery County is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
