- August 7-9, 2026
- Museum of the American Revolution
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Book Tickets
Member Tickets
Included in regular Museum admission.
Kirsten Hammerstrom is a public historian specializing in women entrepreneurs and textile trades in early America. She has interpreted a variety of businesswomen at the Museum, from apothecary Elizabeth Weed to tavern keeper Sarah Hayes. Kirsten stitched the British Ensign for the Museum’s True Colours Flag Project in April 2021. This summer, she looks forward to helping visitors learn about how upholsterers who made soft coverings for furniture were contracted to make military goods during the American Revolution.