Historian and author Jim Bish spoke at the January meeting of Sun City’s National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Agua Fria Chapter.
Bish grew up on a Nebraska cattle and …
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Historian and author Jim Bish spoke at the January meeting of Sun City’s National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Agua Fria Chapter.
Bish grew up on a Nebraska cattle and horse ranch and was fascinated by the stories told by his grandmother about their homesteading ancestors in the 1870s.
After graduate school, Bish moved to Prince William County, VA, where he spent 40 years researching and teaching local, regional and Virginia state history. He pursued his interest in his genealogy and history of the 13 colonies.
He has at least 15 Revolutionary War patriots who served in nine of the 13 colonies and belongs to the National Society Sons of the American Revolution Culpeper Minutemen Virginia Chapter.
After becoming an Arizona snowbird, Bish joined the West Valley NSSAR Saguaro Chapter as an associate member.
His book, “I Can’t Tell A Lie: Parson Weems and The Truth About George Washington’s Cherry Tree, Prayer at Valley Forge, and Other Anecdotes,” includes Washington’s lineages which relates to other noted Virginia families.
Bish received the 2023 National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Stephen Taylor Award, which was given for his contribution to the preservation of the history of the Revolutionary War era and its patriots. He helped organize the Prince William County Historical Society, served as the first president and continues to serve on its board of directors. He also serves on the board of directors for the Prince William County Historical Commission and the Museum of Culpeper County. Bish founded the Culpeper County Virginia Cemetery Project, operates History Happened Here Tours and volunteers with the National Museum of Americans in Wartime Experiences Voices of Freedom Project.
Bish’s January program was about the organization Culpeper Minutemen Battalion and their involvement in Virginia’s Lord Dunmore’s War and by winning the first battle of the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Great Bridge with the British on Dec. 9, 1775.
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