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Virtual Premiere of New Choral Work “Remember the Ladies” Performed by 40-Voice PhilHarmonia Choir, March 25
Part of the Museum’s Women’s History Month Celebration this March
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Black Founders National Standards Alignment
Black Founders modular activities have been designed in alignment with history standards from the National Center for History in the Schools.
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Celebrate Legacy-Making Ladies During Women’s History Month at Museum’s History After Hours Event
History After Hours hosts an event celebrating the stories of women during the American Revolution in honor of Women's History Month.
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Celebrate Revolutionary Women During Women’s History Month this March
Celebrate revolutionary women at the Museum of the American Revolution during Women’s History Month this March.
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Local Business Leaders Join the Museum to Explore Philadelphia’s Legacy of Black Entrepreneurship at Evening Panel Discussion, Oct. 19
A panel of five Philadelphia-based Black business leaders will join the Museum of the American Revolution on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for “AmRev Presents: A Black Founders Legacy of Entrepreneurship,” a panel discussion on the history of Black entrepreneurship in Philadelphia. Panelists will explore the experiences of contemporary Black business owners and draw connections to those of James Forten, a successful Black sailmaker and entrepreneur whose life and legacy is chronicled in the Museum’s special exhibit Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia.
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Celebrate Revolutionary Women During Women’s History Month this March
Discover the stories of Revolutionary women at the Museum of the American Revolution during Women’s History Month this March. Throughout the month, enjoy a pay-what-you-wish Women’s History Night, a theatrical performance based on the story of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, and other events and activities that bring to life the powerful, diverse experiences of women of the Revolutionary era.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Laurel Ulrich Reflects on “The Age of Homespun” During Women’s History Month
Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich will discuss her pioneering work The Age of Homespun during Women’s History Month, part of the Read the Revolution series
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Member Morning: Black Founders of Philadelphia Walking Tour
September 3, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.Join fellow Museum Members to explore Old City Philadelphia’s rich Black history through a 1.5-hour guided walking tour of the Museum's neighborhood.
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A Hessian Diary of the American Revolution
This excerpt includes a journal entry of a young Hessian soldier during the month of July 1781, the summer before the surrender at Yorktown.
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‘Meet the Revolution’ Series Sheds Light on the Lives of Revolutionary-Era Black Women and Men this Summer
This summer, four Black costumed living history interpreters will join the Museum of the American Revolution for short-term residencies to portray and discuss free and enslaved craftspeople of African descent through hands-on demonstrations, storytelling, and conversation.
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