History series brings Molly Pitcher to county college

| 29 Sep 2011 | 08:29

Sussex County - The Living History Series at Sussex County Community College continues on Thursday, April 27, with a presentation about the women of the Army in the American Revolution. The program will take place at 7 p.m. in the Sussex Bank Theater at SCCC. “Over Here, Molly Pitcher” is a dramatic presentation highlighting the lives of women who “belonged to the army” during the American Revolution. “Molly,” as portrayed by historical interpreter Stacy F. Roth, reminisces about the days when she accompanied her husband through summer battles and winter encampments from Valley Forge to Monmouth to Morristown. Relating her tales of firing a cannon in the heat of battle to trudging “behind the baggage,” she provides a glimpse into what it was like to be a “camp follower” in the days when American Independence was a dream rather than a certainty. Roth is a freelance historical interpreter and educator. She is a longtime fixture in the world of living history, with many years in the museum field as an interpreter and living history coordinator prior to launching her own company in 1993. She has been presenting “Over Here, Molly Pitcher” to audiences at libraries, museums, historical societies, community organizations, and others since October 2001. The cost to attend is $3. For more information, 973-300-2120.