The Berkshire County Historical Society will present the lecture In the Service of America: Berkshire’s Black Soldiers and Veterans of the Revolution, by historian Cynthia Farr Brown. The lecture will look at some of the stories of the Black men from the Berkshires who served in the Continental Army and as minutemen and militia during the American Revolution, as well as what happened to veterans living in the Berkshires after the war was over. You may have heard of Agrippa Hull, but perhaps not about his comrade in arms Frank Duncan; Bacchus Boardman, who came from the eastern part of Massachusetts, served in New York, and made his way to Pittsfield where he lived out his life; and Paul Freeman, promised his freedom after the war by his enslaver, who petitioned the town of Sandisfield to fulfill this promise after his former master died in service. This free, virtual lecture will begin at 5:30 pm; email melville@berkshirehistory.org for zoom link. Presented as part of the Berkshires250 celebration of the anniversary of the American Revolution.