First Oval Office Project at FDR Park with the Living History Youth Summer Institute

Join the Museum as participants in the Living History Youth Summer Institute set up the Museum’s replica of George Washington’s Revolutionary War encampment as part of its First Oval Office Project, dress in 18th-century costumes, and display the lives of soldiers, camp followers, and free and enslaved people and their connections to Washington. Also join us before and after the event to take part in the set up and break down of the encampment!

The Museum of the American Revolution’s Living History Youth Summer Institute introduces high school and college students between the ages of 16 and 21 to the world of costumed historical interpretation with a focus on enslaved and free people of African descent. Participants explore the many aspects of museum work as potential career avenues, including education, curation, fundraising, marketing, interpretive planning, community outreach, acting, and more. In this summer course, students learn from experienced African American interpreters who work at historical organizations and museums from across the country about researching and interpreting the lives of people of African ancestry throughout Revolutionary America.