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AmRev360: The Revolutionary Promise of Citizenship

Dr. Juan Giarrizzo and Dana Devon join Dr. R. Scott Stephenson to discuss American citizenship and the Museum's free Citizenship Initiative.
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AmRev360: Taste the Revolution with Chef Walter Staib

Emmy Award-winning TV host and City Tavern Chef Walter Staib joins the latest episode of the Museum's AmRev360 series, hosted by President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst professor and historian Dr. Marla Miller

AmRev360: Betsy Ross: A Life Sewn in Myth with Marla Miller

Dr. Marla R. Miller, Director of the Public History Program at University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of Betsy Ross and the Making of America, joined the latest episode of the Museum's AmRev360 series, hosted by President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson.
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When Women Lost the Vote Audio Tour

Listen to the Museum's audio tour for the 2020-21 special exhibition, When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807.
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1777 Eliza Hamilton Gown

Fashioning Eliza: Gown-Making in 1777 and 1787

In conjunction with our 2018-19 Hamilton Was Here exhibit, seamstress Samantha McCarty will use 18th-century techniques to create two historically accurate gowns as if they had been pulled right from Eliza Schuyler Hamilton’s closet.
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Recreated 1787 Eliza Hamilton Gown

Fast Fashion: Top Four Accessory Trends of Fall 1787

We ask Amber Mendenhall Welch about her contribution to styling Eliza Hamilton within her larger historical costuming work and inspiration.
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Fashioning Eliza in 1787: A White Silk Dress for a Special Portrait

I, Eliza Hamilton author Susan Holloway Scott writes about the white silk dress Elizabeth Schuyley Hamilton wears in her famous 1787 portrait.
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Seamstress Samantha McCarty

A Winter's Ball Gown, 1777

We ask Fashioning Eliza seamstress Samantha McCarty what did Eliza Schuyler wear to a winter’s ball at age 20 before she met and later married Alexander Hamilton?
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Attending A Winter's Ball, 1777

Look back Winter Break 2018 when we welcomed seamstress Samantha McCarty to the Museum to work on recreating a gown like Elizabeth Schuyler would have worn in 1777.
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When Alexander Met Eliza... Or At Least Danced With Her

Author Susan Holloway Scott writes about the debut of seamstress Samantha McCarty's design for the “Fashioning Eliza 1777” gown at our January 2019 History After Hours.
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