News

Announcing the Inaugural Recipient of the Thomas Jay McCahill III Fellowship

The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati is pleased to announce that the 2025 Thomas Jay McCahill III Fellowship has been awarded to Christine DeLucia, PhD, associate professor of history at Williams College. The fellowship supports DeLucia’s research for a project titled, “Land, Diplomacy, and Power in the Revolutionary Northeast.”

 

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Events

Upcoming Lunch Bite—The Orderly Book of Edmund Bancroft

Join us on Friday, February 21 at 12:30 p.m., for a Lunch Bite object talk featuring Library Director Thomas Lannon discussing the orderly book kept by Massachusetts officer Edmund Bancroft from September-December 1775.

Exhibitions

Revolutionary Beginnings

Coming soon! Opening on March 1, 2025, Revolutionary Beginnings kicks off our commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War with an examination of three lesser known battles—at Bunker Hill, Quebec and Sullivan’s Island—that demonstrate how wide-spread the rebellion was prior to the Declaration of Independence.

New Online

Traveling Trunk Lessons

The curriculum that accompanies our traveling trunks is now available to educators anytime as part of our online suite of classroom resources. Explore lessons about diversity in the Continental Army, George Washington’s challenges as commander in chief, baron von Steuben’s “Blue Book,” America’s first purple heart and more.