The American Revolution unfolded not only on distant battlefields but also here in Ulster County, a region of strategic importance along the Hudson River and central to New York’s revolutionary government. In this one-hour presentation, Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran will explore the Revolution as both a war for independence and a civil war, and examine how Ulster County’s diverse inhabitants—Lenape Native communities, European men and women, and enslaved and free Africans—experienced the conflict and were forced to make difficult choices about loyalty, survival, and freedom.