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Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Latch, of Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, posed for this portrait in the early 1840s, around the time he applied for a military pension.

This small portrait of Mary McIlvaine Bloomfield, who may have voted in New Jersey in 1803, was painted around 1778 by Philadelphia artist Charles Willson Peale.

This full-sized copy, believed to have been painted by French artist Henry LeGrand, depicts a dramatic scene commemorating the October 1781 Siege of Yorktown in Virginia.

British Army Lieutenant James Grant carried this basket-hilted backsword while serving as an officer in the 77th Regiment of Foot in America during the French and Indian War.

Colonel John Bull of Pennsylvania wrote to General Thomas Wharton about preparations for a council with the Mohawk, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Muncie, Quinault, and Nanticoke people.

This 75-piece Revolutionary War toy set, made by Louis Marx and Company in 1957, allowed children to recreate momentous battles and pivotal moments that shaped the founding of America.

Produced in England in the 1790s, this ceramic punch bowl was made to be purchased by an American and is an example of how people used everyday objects to express political opinions.