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Explore James Forten’s Life and Legacy with Historian and Author Dr. Julie Winch and Forten Descendant Atwood “Kip” Forten Jacobs, April 12

Mar 17, 2023 Read Press Release

Sail into Spring at the Museum Every Weekend in April

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Decades After Thefts, Stolen Artifacts Recovered and Returned to Museums, Historical Societies

March 13, 2023 Read Press Release

"Black Founders" Women’s History Night with Award-Winning Author Dr. Kerri Greenidge, March 24

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Celebrate Revolutionary Women During Women’s History Month this March

February 22, 2023 Read Press Release

Museum Wins Silver-Level Anthem Award for African American Interpretive Program

February 15, 2023 Read Press Release

Panelists Errin Haines and Dr. Jesse McCarthy to Discuss “A Way Forward” During Forum on Racial Understanding Hosted with the Dennis Farm, Feb. 25

February 13, 2023 Read Press Release

Ancestry® and Museum of the American Revolution Partner to Digitize Archive Connected to Black and Native American Soldiers from the Revolutionary War

February 9, 2023 Read Press Release

Explore the Life and Legacy of George Washington and the Diverse People of His 18th-Century World during Presidents Day Weekend, Feb. 18-20

January 23, 2023 Read Press Release

Celebrate Black History Month with “Black Founders” Exhibit Opening and Special Events for All Ages this February

January 19, 2023 Read Press Release
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PBS NewsHour: Philadelphia’s ‘Liberty’ exhibit spotlights role of people of color in American Revolution

October 2021

John Yang reports on the Museum's work to tell a more inclusive story of the American Revolution by introducing visitors to the diverse people critical to building the nation for PBS NewsHour.

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CBS Sunday Morning: Inside the Museum of the American Revolution

June 2019

Martha Teichner reports on the Museum, which features a look at how the war changed life for African Americans and Native Americans, for CBS Sunday Morning.

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New York Times: A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All

April 2017

Read more about the Museum's April 2017 opening and the "rock-star object in the collection," George Washington's headquarters tent, from the New York Times.

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Washington Post: Museum of the American Revolution set to open in Philadelphia

April 2017

Learn more about the Museum of the American Revolution's opening in April 2017 from the Washington Post.

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The New York Review of Books: Camping with Honest George

March 2018

T.H. Breen writes how the Museum gives visitors a sense of the personal sacrifice and frustrated aspirations of those who saw the Revolution as an opportunity to achieve personal liberty.

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