Talk about a perfect way to ring in the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Earlier this year, in partnership with the Camden County Historical Society, the owner of Saddlehill Cellars, a 70-acre winery in Voorhees, New Jersey, was able to confirm that his property was once owned by the family of Timothy Matlack Jr., the man who handwrote the official parchment of the Declaration of Independence. To celebrate that fact and mark the country's 250th anniversary, owner Bill Green created a 15-minute AI short The Scribe, the Sword and the Shield: Three Revolutionary Lives.
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| Saddlehill Cellars |
"When I bought this property, the local legend was that George Washington gifted the land to one of his soldiers," Green explained. "It turns out that story was wrong - but what we actually found was bigger."
"The real history connects three Revolutionary families on one piece of ground," he continued. "The scribe who wrote the Declaration, the soldier who guarded Washington and the geographical shield that watched over the region from the ridge."
Prior to AI, there's no way a guy like Green could have recreated realistic-looking Revolutionary-era scenes. But for better or worse, the new technology now allows that and the resulting short will screen for the press June 25th and no doubt become a staple of the winery thereafter.
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| The AI-generated scribe |
"The documented connection between this land, the Matlack family and the writing of the Declaration of Independence is a story every resident of Voorhees should know," added mayor Michael Mignogna. "I am proud that this piece of our town's history is being preserved and celebrated."
The Matlack family acquired around 1500 acres of what is now Camden County beginning in 1701. Later, the land passed through the Wilkins family and ultimately to John Stafford, a member of Washington's elite personal Life Guard, who established what is now Saddlehill.
Interesting post, I enjoyed it.
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