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How will you be the Revolution? In celebration of Independence Day, the Museum of the American Revolution is asking visitors to declare how they are carrying forward the promises of the American Revolution by adding a personalized ribbon to a giant flag-shaped installation.

These cups, with later commemorative inscriptions, are part of a set of twelve that descended in the Washington family and are said to have been owned and used by George Washington during the war.

Read an excerpt from Marla Miller who breaks through the myths and weaves Betsy Ross's life story with that of the nation's.

This excerpt from Russell Shorto weaves together the life stories of six historical figures against the backdrop of the American Revolution.

Join the Museum for a weeklong Independence Day observation with special events and activities for all ages to discover the American Revolution and its ongoing relevance.

To celebrate the our 200th edition of Read the Revolution, Museum staff picked their favorite books about the American Revolution.

American sailors aboard Continental Navy vessels and privateer ships often used French weapons, like this cutlass.

Historian Linda Colley joins the Museum on May 20, 2021 to discuss her new book, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World.

View two intricately decorated small swords, one of which was made in France and other in England.