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Museum of the American Revolution

Museum of the American Revolution Rediscover the Revolution at the Museum, located in historic Philadelphia.

The Museum of the American Revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked America’s ongoing experiment in liberty, equality, and self-government. Through authentic artifacts, immersive galleries, powerful theater experiences, and interactive elements, visitors gain a deeper appreciation for how this nation came to be and feel inspired to consider their role in ensuring that the promise of the American Revolution endures.

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On this day in 1745, Commodore John Barry was born in County Wexford, Ireland.Considered one of the fathers of the U.S. ...
03/25/2023

On this day in 1745, Commodore John Barry was born in County Wexford, Ireland.

Considered one of the fathers of the U.S. Navy, Barry received his first captain's commission in the Continental Navy in March 1776 and served through the end of the Revolutionary War. The first commissioned officer of the U.S. Navy, Barry would earn the rank of Commodore from President George Washington in 1797.

A statue of him can be found nearby the Museum at Independence NHP, Edgar Allan Poe NHS & Thaddeus Kosciuszko NM. See it on your next visit: https://bit.ly/34R70b5

Looking for plans to kick off the weekend? Join us TONIGHT for Black Founders Women's History Night! Enjoy a pay-what-yo...
03/24/2023
AmRev Presents: Black Founders Women’s History Night with Kerri Greenidge

Looking for plans to kick off the weekend? Join us TONIGHT for Black Founders Women's History Night!

Enjoy a pay-what-you-wish evening celebrating women's history with an evening discussion featuring Dr. Kerri K. Greenidge, author of The Grimkes, and the Museum's Adrienne G. Whaley. Plus, get after-hours access to our Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia special exhibit with in-gallery talks and activities focusing on women's history and The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, meet costumed living historian Hannah Wallace, enjoy food and drinks specials in the Cross Keys Café by Brûlée Everyday and more.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

03/23/2023
Living History Youth Summer Institute Applications Are Open!

Applications are open for the Museum's Living History Youth Summer Institute for Summer 2023! Geared toward Philadelphia-area high school or college students, the six-week intensive program is for young adults between the ages of 15 and 21 interested in interpreting the lives of people of African ancestry in the Revolutionary era and involves guest speakers, research projects, and field study.

Want to know more? Don't just take our word for it! Hear from Living History Youth Summer Institute alumna Journey Wilson, a junior at the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, who reflects on her experience in the inaugural program last summer.

Apply by March 31: https://bit.ly/3JsaxkE

In Dr. Kerri K. Greenidge’s award-winning new book, The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family, the story ...
03/22/2023
The Grimkes

In Dr. Kerri K. Greenidge’s award-winning new book, The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family, the story of one multiracial family underscores that “the pursuit of knowledge — the ability to think, analyze, and conceptualize beyond basic literacy — was as important to Black founders as freedom itself.” Where did this learning take place, and how did Black and white women organize these educational and reform efforts in Philadelphia?

Greenidge reclaims the forgotten Black Grimke family members, especially Charlotte Forten Grimke and Angelina Weld Grimke, as complex individuals shadowed by their white Quaker abolitionist aunts, Sarah and Angelina Grimke. Although the more famous Grimke sisters joined members of the Forten and Douglass families in The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and fought for the end of slavery, Greenidge argues that “they could not imagine Black equality.” The compelling cast of characters in the Forten, Grimke, and Douglass families presented in The Grimkes underscores the long struggle for racial and gender equality.

Read an excerpt with our latest Read the Revolution feature, and hear more from Greenidge as she joins us for a pay-what-you-wish evening this Friday, March 24 for Black Founders Women’s History Night with Kerri Greenidge!

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

Today is World Poetry Day! ✍️Sarah L. Forten, whose name is embossed on this book cover on display in our special exhibi...
03/21/2023

Today is World Poetry Day! ✍️

Sarah L. Forten, whose name is embossed on this book cover on display in our special exhibit Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, was the most prolific poet among the Forten daughters. She had her first poem published when she was only 16 years old.

Forten wrote the poem “My Country” just a few days after the founding of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. She submitted it under the pen name “Ada” for publication in The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper. The poem calls on the United States to live up to its founding ideal of equality. Forten writes that the nation should not be revered until “the dark stain of slavery is washed from her hand.”

The poem begins:
"Oh! speak not of heathenish darkness again,
Nor tell me of lands held in error's dread chain!
Where—where is the nation so erring as we,
Who claim the proud name of the 'Home
of the Free'?"

See this book cover and a copy of The Liberator on your next visit to Black Founders: https://bit.ly/3iHUUHD

Florals? For spring? Revolutionary. 🌸🌷It's the first day of spring! We're dressed for the season with this embroidered w...
03/20/2023

Florals? For spring? Revolutionary. 🌸🌷

It's the first day of spring! We're dressed for the season with this embroidered waistcoat, circa 1800, in our collection that belonged to fifth president of the United States James Monroe. With a sprig pattern and floral buttons, it features a silk front, pockets and lining edges with a linen lining and back.

Join us for Spring Weekends at the Museum: https://bit.ly/42mbz95

Join us for a pay-what-you-wish night of celebrating women’s history this Friday, March 24!Meet and hear from Dr. Kerri ...
03/19/2023
AmRev Presents: Black Founders Women’s History Night with Kerri Greenidge

Join us for a pay-what-you-wish night of celebrating women’s history this Friday, March 24!

Meet and hear from Dr. Kerri K. Greenidge, author of The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family (online tickets available), who will join the Museum's Adrienne G. Whaley in conversation about how women in the three generations of the Forten, Grimke, and Douglass families connect the Revolutionary era to present day. Plus, get after-hours access to our new special exhibit, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, women’s history-themed talks and activities, food and drink specials in our Cross Keys Café, and more.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

Explore James Forten's Philadelphia with our brand-new walking tours! 🚶Join a Museum educator on Saturday afternoons for...
03/18/2023

Explore James Forten's Philadelphia with our brand-new walking tours! 🚶

Join a Museum educator on Saturday afternoons for an outdoor tour to explore sites where free Black Philadelphian James Forten and his family built their legacy in the abolition and suffrage movements from the Revolutionary era into Reconstruction. Visit sites in the Museum's neighborhood, including Mother Bethel AME Church and the location of the Forten's family household near Fourth and Lombard St.

Book a Tour: https://bit.ly/3OfrNss

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀Irish-born Continental Army officer Colonel Walter Stewart commissioned this portrait followin...
03/17/2023

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀

Irish-born Continental Army officer Colonel Walter Stewart commissioned this portrait following his wedding in 1781. He was one of thousands of Irishmen to serve in the Continental Army. Stewart immigrated to Philadelphia in 1776 from Derry, Ireland, and signed up for military service. The ladies of Philadelphia admired his handsomeness and called Stewart the “Irish Beauty." Colonel Stewart led Pennsylvania troops at battles such as Brandywine and Germantown in 1777. In 1779, Stewart joined the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, a Philadelphia society that formed in 1771 (and still exists today!) to aid Irish immigrants in America.

Learn more about Colonel Stewart and how he battled against other Irish soldiers and officers in the British Army, such as Richard Mansergh St. George, during the Revolutionary War through our online exhibit Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier: https://bit.ly/3xay2aF

🎨 Walter Stewart, painted by Charles Willson Peale, via Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr., B.S. 1936

"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end...
03/16/2023

"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman — I would." - Elizabeth Freeman

Across the new United States, enslaved people questioned their statuses in the midst of the American Revolution. In Massachusetts, a woman named Elizabeth Freeman, or "Mumbet," used the words of the new state constitution to sue for her freedom. With lawyer Theodore Sedgwick, she argued that as an inhabitant of the new state she had been illegally held in bo***ge. In 1781, she won her case, helping set a precedent that led to the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts.

In a live first-person theatrical piece performed on select weekends at the Museum, meet Elizabeth Freeman, as portrayed by actress Katelyn Appiah-Kubi.

Catch a performance this Women's History Month: https://bit.ly/3Kb8TBw

On this day in 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought near current-day Greensboro, N.C. While the British wo...
03/15/2023
The Road to Guilford Courthouse

On this day in 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought near current-day Greensboro, N.C. While the British won the battle, they suffered heavy losses and interrupted supply lines in the aftermath prompting their departure from the Carolinas towards Virginia and Yorktown.

Read more on what led to this day in John Buchanan's book, The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

Dozens of artifacts stolen during the 1970s have been recovered and were returned to the owning institutions during a ce...
03/14/2023

Dozens of artifacts stolen during the 1970s have been recovered and were returned to the owning institutions during a ceremony held at the Museum yesterday.

During the ceremony, the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team and its law enforcement partners repatriated 50 items — the oldest dating back to the French and Indian War — belonging to 17 institutions located in five different states. The artifacts included an 1847 Mississippi rifle stolen from a Mississippi museum; a World War II battlefield pickup pistol belonging to General Omar Bradley, stolen from the U.S. Army War College Museum; and 19th century Pennsylvania rifles, stolen from Pennsylvania museums.

Read more from WHYY: https://bit.ly/3yAqSNV

On this day in 1776, John Barry received his first captain's commission in the Continental Navy. Barry would later earn ...
03/14/2023

On this day in 1776, John Barry received his first captain's commission in the Continental Navy. Barry would later earn the rank of Commodore and is considered one of the fathers of the U.S. Navy.

Read more about Barry's naval service in a Read the Revolution excerpt from Tim McGrath’s book, John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail: bit.ly/3qQYl0l

🎨 The Army & Navy, Genl. Washington presenting Captain Barry with his Commission, by Alfred M. Hoffy, 1840, via Yale University Art Gallery

Did you start to fill out your March Madness bracket this weekend? 🏀We're shooting some different hoops with this basket...
03/13/2023

Did you start to fill out your March Madness bracket this weekend? 🏀

We're shooting some different hoops with this basket-hilted backsword and cannonball in the Museum's collection. The sword, circa 1740-1760, belonged to Ensign, later Captain, James Grant of the 77th Highlanders. The cannonball, weighing in at about 32 pounds, is believed to have been used at the siege of Fort Mifflin, the site of which is nearby what is now the Philadelphia International Airport.

Visiting the Museum is a sure bet! Plan your next visit: https://bit.ly/34CiSxy

📣 Calling all Philadelphia-area high school or college students who love history, education, theater, visual arts, commu...
03/12/2023
Living History Youth Summer Institute

📣 Calling all Philadelphia-area high school or college students who love history, education, theater, visual arts, communications, and/or costume design!

We are recruiting applicants to our Living History Youth Summer Institute! The six-week intensive program is for young adults interested in interpreting the lives of people of African ancestry in the Revolutionary era and involves guest speakers, research projects, and field study. The course prepares participants to explore careers in cultural heritage, museum, and theater fields. Apply by March 31!

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

03/11/2023
Black Founders: Mount Zion Cemetery Visit

In our special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, you can meet three generations of the Forten family and trace their legacy from 1776 to 1876 – and even to today. Watch as James Forten descendants Atwood "Kip" Forten Jacobs and Dolly Marshall visit the final resting place of several ancestors at Mount Zion Cemetery in Lawnside, New Jersey.

Visit Black Founders: https://bit.ly/3H0QRmE

About 15 years before she organized the first women’s rights convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and co-wrote the “De...
03/10/2023

About 15 years before she organized the first women’s rights convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and co-wrote the “Declaration of Sentiments," Lucretia Mott was a driving force behind the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society (PFASS). Mott was a Quaker like the majority of her fellow white members of the society.

The in*******al PFASS, which Charlotte Vandine Forten and her daughters Margaretta, Harriet, and Sarah helped to establish and lead in 1833-34, was one of the earliest women’s abolition societies in the country and one of the few that was integrated. Other abolitionist groups at the time, such as the American Anti-Slavery Society, initially denied women the right to be members.

Find Lucretia Mott and learn more about PFASS in our Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia special exhibit: https://bit.ly/3H0QRmE

📸 Lucretia Mott, photographed by Frederick Gutekunst, 1870-1880, The Library of Congress

Born the daughter of Robert Bridges Forten and Mary Virginia Forten in 1837, Charlotte Louisa Forten Grimké became a ren...
03/09/2023
The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten

Born the daughter of Robert Bridges Forten and Mary Virginia Forten in 1837, Charlotte Louisa Forten Grimké became a renowned poet, successful educator, and continued the Forten family legacy in the abolition movement in the United States.

Five of Charlotte’s journals spanning from her teenage years through her mid-20s are now archived at the Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. Ray Allen Billington edited abridged volumes, titled The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten. Additional versions include Brenda Stevenson’s 1988 edited volumes as well as a young readers edition, Diary of Charlotte Forten: A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War, adapted for grades 4-6.

In our latest feature, read about Charlotte’s reflections on American liberty and equality along with inspiration she found in writers like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Phillis Wheatley as well as from a meeting with Harriet Tubman.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

Meet the women of the Forten family this International Women's Day!In our special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten ...
03/08/2023

Meet the women of the Forten family this International Women's Day!

In our special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, discover the stories and accomplishments of three generations of Forten women, who were founding members of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, gifted poets, artists, and musicians, and leaders in the abolition movement in the lead-up to the Civil War and the women's suffrage movement.

Black Founders: https://bit.ly/3H0QRmE

In 2017, curators at the Museum discovered the only known wartime, eyewitness image of General George Washington’s tent ...
03/07/2023
Among His Troops: Washington’s War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor

In 2017, curators at the Museum discovered the only known wartime, eyewitness image of General George Washington’s tent from the Revolutionary War. Take a deeper dive with our brand-new online exhibit, Among His Troops: Washington’s War Tent in a Newly Discovered Watercolor. 🎨

The image is part of a larger watercolor painted a year after Washington’s victory at Yorktown by a French-born Continental Army engineer named Pierre Charles L’Enfant. A panoramic view of the Continental Army encampment at Verplanck’s Point, New York, in 1782, L’Enfant’s painting depicts Washington’s marquee tent on a hill overlooking the army. Washington’s tent stood as a beacon of virtue and republican leadership to his highly professionalized, but weary army.

Presented here, the watercolor of the Verplanck's Point encampment allows us to encounter the Continental Army at the height of its professionalism, yet on the verge of crisis.

Explore: https://bit.ly/41OOR9p

The online exhibition is sponsored by Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

We're all dressed up for National Dress Day! 👗 Featured in our When Women Lost the Vote online exhibit are examples of w...
03/06/2023

We're all dressed up for National Dress Day! 👗

Featured in our When Women Lost the Vote online exhibit are examples of women's fashion, from Deborah Sampson's 1785 wedding gown, courtesy of Historic New England, to examples of neoclassical style that mimicked the fashions of the ancient Greek and Roman republics.

Swipe through to take a twirl in these dresses and see what else is in our closet in our virtual exhibit: bit.ly/3ovT0Kl

On this day in 1770, British soldiers shot into a crowd, killing three people and mortally wounding two more, during a c...
03/05/2023

On this day in 1770, British soldiers shot into a crowd, killing three people and mortally wounding two more, during a chaotic scene on King Street in Boston. The event, which would come to be known as the Boston Massacre, would be used to turn colonists against King George III's rule.

Over the past 250 years, numerous artists have taken up pencil, brush, or burin to share the story of the Boston Massacre. The earliest image of the Boston Massacre, an engraving published by Paul Revere in 1770, served as a propaganda tool to show the British troops as murderers of peaceful civilians. Since then, artists have tried to send different messages about the event. Prior to the American Civil War, artists associated with the abolitionist movement placed new emphasis on Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Native American descent who was the first Bostonian killed that night. Italian-American artist Constantino Brumidi included Attucks in his 1871 fresco mural of the Boston Massacre in the United States Capitol, the first tribute to an African American person in the building. Don Troiani’s painting of the Boston Massacre, one of the images here, shows the event from the perspective of the crowd behind the British soldiers.

Compare and contrast these depictions as featured in our past special exhibition Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War with our Liberty Virtual Tour: bit.ly/3g3ifSG

Businessman, philanthropist, and stalwart abolitionist James Forten died on this day in 1842 at the age of 75 after a ba...
03/04/2023

Businessman, philanthropist, and stalwart abolitionist James Forten died on this day in 1842 at the age of 75 after a battle with an illness.

James Forten was buried at The Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas - AECST. The burials in St. Thomas’s churchyard, including James Forten’s remains, have since been moved to Eden Cemetery in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Forten’s funeral was the largest funeral for an African American man in Philadelphia up to that point. The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was filled to capacity and perhaps 3,000 to 4,000 Black and white mourners came to pay their respects “in regard to the excellency of his character.”

In our special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, discover James Forten’s legacy and follow the next generations of his family as they navigated the American Revolution and cross-racial relationships in Philadelphia to become leaders in the abolition movement in the lead-up to the Civil War and the women's suffrage movement.

Black Founders: https://bit.ly/3iHUUHD

Francis Johnson’s music gave Philadelphia its rhythm in the early 1800s. 🎶Born in Philadelphia in 1792, Francis Johnson ...
03/03/2023
Francis Johnson's Music

Francis Johnson’s music gave Philadelphia its rhythm in the early 1800s. 🎶

Born in Philadelphia in 1792, Francis Johnson became widely known as a talented fiddle player, performing for Black and white audiences. In 1818, Johnson, who was also a virtuoso on the keyed bugle, became the first Black composer to have his compositions published as sheet music. When the Marquis de Lafayette visited Philadelphia in 1824, Johnson and his band were the featured act at the “grand ball” held in the Frenchman’s honor. He died in Philadelphia in 1844, but his music has lived on for generations.

Featured in our special exhibition, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, is a listening station where you can hear historically informed performances of Johnson’s compositions using instruments from the early 1800s. Take a listen and learn more about the artists who contributed to bringing Johnson's music to life in the exhibit, including B.E. Farrow, Candace Potts, Steven Page and Chestnut Brass Company.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

This new display at the Museum is snot one to miss. 🤧While people in the 1700s and 1800s used handkerchiefs to blow thei...
03/02/2023
Now on View: New Display of Historic Handkerchiefs is

This new display at the Museum is snot one to miss. 🤧

While people in the 1700s and 1800s used handkerchiefs to blow their noses, they also used them to learn about political viewpoints and to share those views with others. Worn or carried by men and women alike, the handkerchief had both practical and information-sharing functions in the decades after the Revolutionary War.

On your next visit, boogie over to take a look at a display of early, rare printed handkerchiefs, thanks to the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution.

Celebrate Black History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a recently launched gallery tour, and more this February. Plan Your Visit

March marks Women's History Month!Celebrate Revolutionary women with the Museum this March. Enjoy special events like a ...
03/01/2023
Women's History Month

March marks Women's History Month!

Celebrate Revolutionary women with the Museum this March. Enjoy special events like a pay-what-you-wish evening with Black Founders Women’s History Night with Kerri Greenidge, watch a first-person theatrical performance based on the story of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, discover the stories of the women of the Forten family in our Black Founders special exhibit, and more all month long.

Celebrate Women's History Month with our new Black Founders exhibit, a special March 24 event, and more this March. Plan Your Visit

02/28/2023
Black Founders: Meet Dolly Marshall

In our new special exhibition, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, you will meet James Forten and follow the story of his descendants from the American Revolution to the Civil War and Reconstruction — even through to today.

Forten family descendant and historical preservation activist Dolly Marshall talks with the Museum about her family's legacy, what it means to be part of the Forten ancestry, and seeing the Forten family's story told in Black Founders.

Plan your visit to explore Black Founders: https://bit.ly/3iHUUHD

"The exhibit offers a unique and sweepingly cinematic perspective of this country's founding, as witnessed by James Fort...
02/27/2023
Museum of the American Revolution presents Black Founders: The Forten…

"The exhibit offers a unique and sweepingly cinematic perspective of this country's founding, as witnessed by James Forten." – Broad Street Review

Our new special exhibit Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia is now open through Nov. 26! Plan your next visit to explore the Forten family’s roles in the Revolutionary War, business in Philadelphia, and abolition and voting rights from 1776 to 1876.

A new exhibition revealing 100 years and three generations of the Forten Family in Philadelphia is a must-see. Crystal Sparrow visits.

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You may now watch a recording of "Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War" on our YouTube channel!

Join Matthew Skic, Curator of Exhibitions at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, for an exciting look at the artistic career of Don Troiani, America's foremost historical military artist. For the very first time in a museum exhibit, nearly 50 of Don Troiani's original paintings of the Revolutionary War are now on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. Matthew will discuss Troiani's artistic process, how Troiani uses his collection of historic military antiques in his work, and the significance of Troiani's paintings to our understanding of the Revolutionary War. Co-sponsored with The Hopewell Museum and Hopewell Valley Historical Society.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/LB1KLnLeQ9U
Happy fifth anniversary to the Museum of the American Revolution! It was an honor to be part of the museum's development, creating superior sound quality and control in the theaters and permanent exhibit spaces. If you find yourself in Philadelphia we encourage you to check out this wonderful exploration into the people and events surrounding an important period of American history.
Happy Wednesday, MoxieTalkers....

If you didn't know, today is a very historic day in the birth of a nation that would soon become the United States of America.

Arguably, it would become the 1st of many "moments of moxie" displayed by its inhabitants in the foundation of its independence.

Coined the "shot heard 'round the world" from the "Concord Hymn" poem below by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American Revolutionary War began 247 years ago on April 19, 1775, with a battle between British soldiers & American revolutionaries at Concord & Lexington in Massachusetts.

The Concord Hymn is as follows:

"By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world."

The first shots were by American soldiers acting under orders and the first British fatalities and retreat.

The war would end 8 bloody years later with the independence of a new country born of the 13 Colonies - the United States of America.

So do you feel you would have fought for your freedom on that day in 1775? I know that I would have to seek a better & independent life for myself and my future generations.

Onward,
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Today, my office had the privilege of registering new U.S. citizens to vote at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Naturalization Ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution. We're so glad to be back in person to welcome these New Americans.

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Happy Anniversary to our friends at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA! Visitors to the Museum can take in the rich historical account of the Oneida Indian Nation becoming America’s first ally.

The entire second-floor atrium at the Museum is named for the Oneida Indian Nation, and a prominent gallery, complete with recreated settings, pays homage to the Oneida Indian Nation’s heritage. This partnership helps preserve the Nation’s culture, share its historic bonds with the founding fathers, and ensure that generations to come can learn about the Nation’s important contributions to establishing the foundation of the United States.

More info about the Museum: https://www.amrevmuseum.org/

Check out some photos from the Grand Opening in 2017.
Happy Patriot's Day, and congratulations to the Boston Marathon runners!

A state holiday in Massachusetts and Maine, Patriots' Day commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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Ganondagan's Site Manager, Michael Galban, was one of the presenters at this year's Conference on Collecting the Revolutionary War at the Museum of the American Revolution

At the opening of the Museum of the American Revolution, with Abigail
Join Jim Christ, the President of the Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund, at 7 pm on April 27 at the Masonic Temple as he talks about this historic battle that has been looked over in history. "Remember Paoli" is the nation's first battle cry and was born of the battle that was fought in Malvern, PA on the night of September 20th, 1777.

He will explore why this battle is called the "Paoli Massacre" as well as common myths such as soldiers being asleep during the attack. This presentation is free and open to the public!

Artwork details: Battle of Paoli, painted by Xavier Della Gatta, Naples, Italy 1782.
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PA Museums is proud to present Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution and its critically acclaimed special exhibition, When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807, with an Institutional Award of Merit as part of its 2022 Special Achievement Awards. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting American women the right to vote, the museum’s groundbreaking exhibition changed the conversation about voting in the early United States. It was viewed onsite as well as virtually through a robust online display that remains globally accessible.

When Women Lost the Vote explored previously untold stories of women and people of color who legally voted in New Jersey during the Revolutionary War and its immediate aftermath. The exhibition featured nine newly discovered poll lists dated between 1800 and 1807 that were displayed alongside more than 65 original objects, including textiles, manuscripts, and artworks. Abigail Adams’ “Remember the Ladies” letter, the short gown of free Black woman Elizabeth “Betty” Dorn, the wedding gown of Deborah Sampson who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Continental Army, an 1811 ballot box from Deptford Township, N.J., and the original manuscript of New Jersey’s 1790 election statute, the first voter law passed by an American state that specifically included women, were among the many artifacts exhibited.

A wide range of dynamic special events and programs enhanced the project, such as evening speaker events and panel discussions, a printed activity guide, a voting selfie station, and two one-woman theatrical performances that dramatized the different experiences and perspectives of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved woman who sued for her freedom and won, and Rebecca VanDike, whose name appears on the 1801 Montgomery Township, Somerset County, N.J. poll list.

On permanent display in the museum’s core galleries, a historical tableau with lifelike figures originally created for the special exhibition encourages visitors to consider the complexity of laws that allowed propertied women, both of European and African descent, to vote, but also defined enslaved women as property. The free online experience explores history-making discoveries and how historians do their work, offers provocative questions, exercises, and teacher resources, and includes interviews with the project curators. The introductory film features commentaries from leading scholars, while a poll list interactive invites users to learn about the women and people of color whose names appear there.
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