Who were the War of 1812 heroes whose names adorn our cities and counties? Mississippi has places named for commodores Stephen Decatur and Oliver Hazard Perry, ruffian Reuben Kemper, cavalrymen Thomas Hinds and James Lauderdale, and the most notorious traitor in our history, General James Wilkinson. Enjoy the tall tales about these and other characters from American history.
Speakers Expertise:
William “Brother” Rogers became the director of the Programs and Communication Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2017. From 1990 to 2016, he was the associate director of the
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service in Starkville, Mississippi. He holds a master's degree in public affairs (MPA) from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Brother was an adjunct professor from 2008 to 2014 in the Honors College at the University of Alabama, where he taught a course on women and political leadership.
