Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Rick Atkinson
May 1, 2025 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.- May 1, 2025 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
- Museum of the American Revolution
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Ticket Pricing:
SOLD OUT - Onsite Public and Member book pre-order option
$20 - Onsite Public (Zoom access)
$15 - Onsite Member (Zoom access)
$12 - Online Public (Zoom access)
$10 - Online Members (Zoom access)
FREE - Revolution Society & George Washington Council (includes 5:30 p.m. reception with author and option to purchase book. RSVP to Jane Hayden at [email protected].)
As the concluding lecture in the 2024-2025 Read the Revolution Speaker Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Atkinson will join the Museum for a hybrid lecture and discussion inspired by his latest book, The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780. This is the second volume in the Revolution Trilogy, narrating a dramatic tale that continues The British Are Coming, a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller. Atkinson will trace battles fought at Brandywine in 1777 to Charleston in 1780, presenting viewpoints from an exhausted Continental Army to a determined King George III and offering new perspective on an American commitment to the struggle for freedom and demands of democracy.
This special program, sponsored by The Haverford Trust Company, will be held in the Museum’s Liberty Hall and will be broadcast live via Zoom. Registrants will be the first to receive exclusive access to the recorded event. Following a lecture by Rick Atkinson, Museum President and CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson will join Atkinson in an interview conversation about his work and facilitate a live Q&A with both onsite and online audiences. Doors open at 6 p.m. for onsite guests to see a featured artifact from the Museum collection, enjoy refreshments at a cash bar, and purchase signed copies of the featured book.
The Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series brings celebrated authors and historians to the Museum for lively discussions of their work. Now in its eighth season, the series is based on the Museum’s Read the Revolution bi-monthly e-newsletters, which features excerpts from thought-provoking books about the American Revolution.
Revolution Society and George Washington Council Members enjoy complimentary access to the Read the Revolution Speaker Series and receive an invitation to join a reception with the author prior to each event. For more information about this benefit, or to purchase the book, please contact Leadership Giving at 267.579.3364.
About Rick Atkinson
Rick Atkinson is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of seven previous works of history, including The Long Gray Line, the Liberation Trilogy (An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light), and The British Are Coming, the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism.
Sponsored by The Haverford Trust Company
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