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Play Whist, a Revolutionary Card Game
Try your hand at Whist, one of the most popular card games of the 1700s, a four-player card game that people played in taverns and around campfires during the Revolutionary War.
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Virtual Storytime: Saving the Liberty Bell by Megan McDonald
Watch as the Museum's Rebecca Franco, Family Programs Manager, reads aloud Saving the Liberty Bell, written by Megan McDonald and illustrated by Marsha Gray Carrington, with permission from Atheneum Books/Simon and Schuster.
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Living History at Home: Roasting a Pumpkin
Watch Tyler Putman, Gallery Interpretation Manager at the Museum, demonstrate how to cook a pumpkin, inspired by Joseph Plumb Martin's words.
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Shine Your Light With Our Punched Tin Craft
Make your own punched tin at home using aluminum foil, cardboard, and a simple pattern with the Museum's instructions.
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Artisan Field Trip with Bookbinder Paul McClintock
Paul McClintock joins Museum Gallery Interpretation Manager Tyler Putman to discuss his work as a bookbinder using historical techniques.
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A Recipe for a Revolutionary Birthday
Download the recipes for a "whisky cake" favored by George Washington as well as a rum shrub cocktail for your next celebration.
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Remembering the First Shot of the Revolutionary War
April 19, 2020 marked the 245th anniversary of the first shot of the Revolutionary War – later called the “shot heard round the world” – at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
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Making the Museum: Washington's War Tent
The Museum opened in April 2017, but its collection has been in the making for more than a century. Learn more about the "rockstar" of our collection, General George Washington's headquarters tent.
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Finding Freedom Primary Sources
Muster rolls, pension records, letters, and more – these are a selection of the documents that informed our storytelling.
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Image Requests & Reproductions
Secure permission for the use of high-quality images of pieces from the Museum's collection.
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