LEXINGTON, Va. Feb. 18, 2026 — Virginia Military Institute welcomes Vaughn Scribner, Ph.D., associate professor of British American History at the University of Central Arkansas, for a lecture based on his award-winning book, “Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America,” Monday, March 2 at 8 p.m. in Gillis Theater, Marshall Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Scribner will discuss the dynamic experiences of those who fought in the American Revolutionary War and the environmental, psychological, and social impact of combat on those who served at the front lines.

The event is sponsored by the Department of History and the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia.

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