A lecture about the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 featuring Major General Vicent de Kytspotter, retired from the French Army, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, 6894 Main Street. This program is free and open to the public, presented in partnership with the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, the Gloucester Museum Foundation, and the Gloucester250 Committee. Major General Kytspotter is traveling from his home in France to deliver this lecture, a release said. The program will conclude with a Q&A and reception. An armored cavalry officer by trade, Kytspotter holds a Ph.D. in Political Science. During his 37 years of service, he spent nine years in the United States as a Deputy Defense Attache and Military Adviser both in Washington and New York. A Cincinnati member of the Society in the State of Connecticut, he has recently published a book in France on the Victory at Yorktown, October 1781. The book presents the full Franco-American campaign at Yorktown ...
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