Virtual lecture with Ed Hynes, CFA
This lecture discusses the dramatic, but little known naval activities on Long Island Sound during the American Revolution.
Whaleboat Wars on Long Island Sound during the American Revolution- Virtual Lecture
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Zoom - Virtual Lecture
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This lecture discusses the dramatic, but little known naval activities on Long Island Sound during the American Revolution. Connecticut licensed Privateers to intercept British ships while other enterprising men from both sides engaged in smuggling banded goods. As 1777 progressed Loyalists continued to be pushed out of Connecticut and Patriots out of Long Island and the action across the Sound grew more and more heated. For most of the colonies the Revolutionary War effectively ended in 1781. But for the adversaries on both sides of Long Island Sound, the fear and bitterness of war intensified throughout 1782 and into 1783. Whaleboats were often used to carry out raids designed to steal goods and kidnap and sometimes kill opponents. Ed will bring this action to life in his lecture and answer questions following his presentation.
Ed Hynes, CFA was born and raised in Wilton, CT. In 1977 Ed graduated from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. with a B.A. in Political Science. He subsequently spent most of his career in financial services. As an equity analyst, institutional salesperson and trader he worked with some of the premier investment banking firms in many of the world’s leading financial centers including New York, Tokyo, London, Chicago and San Francisco. In 2001 Ed became a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is currently a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch in Westport, CT.
Ed first became interested in the Revolutionary War as a child when he learned his neighbor’s house was partially burned by the British during the Danbury Raid in 1777. He and his wife are fascinated by history and have visited many important battlefields both here and abroad. Ed currently lives in Norwalk.