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Read two excerpts from the Museum of the American Revolution's Official Guidebook published in 2019.

Read an excerpt from Martha Saxton's book, The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington.

Read an excerpt from The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten, edited by Ray Allen Billington.

Read an excerpt from Jill Lepore's book, These Truths: A History of the United States.

This is the carved wooden cookie board once belonging to Christopher Ludwick, who served as Superintendent of Bakers in the Continental Army.

This “descriptive list” for a Continental Army company of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment was taken at West Point, New York, in 1782.

This engraved powder horn belonged to Abel Scott, a New England soldier who served in five military campaigns of the Revolutionary War.

This silver gorget was made in England in 1775-1776 for an officer of the British Army’s 60th or Royal American Regiment.

Lieutenant Colonel George Wilson of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment carried this hanger, also known as a short sword, during the Revolutionary War.

Author and historian Dr. Mary Beth Norton joins the Museum for a special presentation titled, “Gender and American Resistance to British Authority, 1765-1775: A Reassessment,” as part of the Museum's Read the Revolution Speaker Series.