RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, August 5, 2026, at 11 am at Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich. The program will also be shown on Zoom (click here for live feed), and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
Damien M. Cregeau
“Portraits of Patriots: Colonel John Trumbull and Five Fellow Patriots from Connecticut in the American Revolution”
In Portraits of Patriots: Colonel John Trumbull and Five Fellow Patriots from Connecticut in the American Revolution Damien Cregeau tells the fascinating story of the famous Revolutionary War artist John Trumbull as he struggled to become an artist while fighting in combat as an aide-de-camp. In this America 250/Greenwich event, he also profiles Trumbull’s artistically talented but troubled sister, Faith Trumbull Huntington, her husband, General Jedediah Huntington, his brother, Colonel Ebenezer Huntington, and Samuel Webb of Wethersfield, who served as an aide-de-camp to Generals Putnam and Washington, fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill and eventually held the Bible at Washington’s Presidential Inauguration in 1789.
Damien Cregeau earned his B.A. in history from Hillsdale College and M.A. from Colorado State. He is a nationally-recognized scholar of the American Revolution and has spoken throughout the U.S. In 2021 he received the History Award and medal from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in recognition of his scholarly research and important contributions to public appreciation for early American history. His talk on Alexander Hamilton is available to watch on C-SPAN. He has been published in numerous journals and magazines, including Military History Quarterly, Journal of the American Revolution, and Financial History magazine. He published his first book, Portraits of Patriots, in 2025. He and his wife, Pam, a psychologist, own two homes in Connecticut built in 1765 - the Private Samuel Hanmer House in Wethersfield and the General Jedediah Huntington House in Norwich.
Copies of Portraits of Patriots will be available for $30 cash, check, Venmo or Zelle (no credit cards).
Our next presentation, on August 12, is by Brec Morgan, sailor, “We Are All on the Journey: Highlights from a Solo Sailing Voyage Around the World.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00. For additional information, including parking, see
www.greenwichrma.org/upcoming-speakers.
