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Celebrate Revolutionary Women with a Mother’s Day Tea Featuring Special Guest Martha Washington, May 12
The Museum of the American Revolution will celebrate Revolutionary women with a Mother’s Day Tea, featuring special guest Martha Washington.
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Museum Marks 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth Virtually, June 19
On Friday, June 19, the Museum will celebrate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, a celebration of the legal abolition of slavery in the United States, and will explore the continuing struggle for equality.
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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
Historian Dr. Julie Winch joins the Museum to reflect on her groundbreaking biography, "A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten", and will be joined by Forten's great-great-great-great grandson, Atwood “Kip” Forten Jacobs.
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Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Friederike Baer
May 12, 2022 from 6:30-8 p.m.Join Dr. Friederike Baer at the Museum for a discussion on her new book, Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, as part of our Read the Revolution Speaker Series.
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Read the Revolution Speaker Series with William Hogeland
October 18, 2022 from 6:30-8 p.m.Author and historian William Hogeland joins the Museum's Read the Revolution Speaker Series for a lecture titled Hamilton's Hub: The First Bank of the U.S. in the Creation of the American Economy.
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Flag Day 2023 at the Museum
June 14, 2023Join the Museum on Flag Day to learn about flags of “all kinds of colours” from the Revolutionary era with activities and in-gallery talks for the whole family.
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Makers of Revolutionary Philadelphia Living History Day
May 20, 2023Join several historical tradespeople at the Museum to do hands-on crafts and activities, see demonstrations of 18th-century skills and trades, and meet the people who made the Revolution in 1770s Philadelphia.
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Author and Historian William Hogeland to Discuss “Hamilton’s Hub” and the Legacy of the First Bank of the United States, October 18
William Hogeland Joins the Museum of the American Revolution to Discuss the First Bank of the United States, October 18
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Patriot Pirates
This excerpt from Robert Patton presents the story of America's seaborne insurgency against British merchant ships and Navy.
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"Meet James Forten" Performance & Discussion at Christ Church
August 18, 2022 beginning at 6:30 p.m.Experience the Museum's newest first-person theatrical performance at historic Christ Church, located just blocks from the Museum in Old City, Philadelphia.
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