Member Sneak Peek: Banners of Liberty Special Exhibit

Museum Members are invited to join Museum Associate Curator James Taub for an exclusive virtual sneak of Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags, the Museum’s special exhibition that will open to the public on April 19, 2025. Marking the 250th anniversaries of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps), this new special exhibition, only on view until August 10, 2025, will feature the largest gathering of rare and significant Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries.  

For America’s Revolutionary generation, the flags that flew over their regiments and ships were perhaps the first visual expressions of liberty and independence that they saw.  Of the hundreds of flags made and carried by the Continental Army and Militia in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), only about 30 are known to survive. Working with institutional and private lenders, the Museum will assemble and display more than a dozen original flags that were carried by Continental Army and American militia units in military campaigns stretching from Canada to South Carolina.  

James Taub will present an online discussion and Q&A to illustrate research for the exhibition, highlighting the conservation work and stories behind the flags that Members are invited to see first during the Banners of Liberty Member Preview at the Museum on Friday, April 18, 2025. 

This virtual event on Zoom Webinar is free to Members who RSVP here. Members who register for this event in advance will receive first and exclusive access to the event’s recording.