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Announcing our Next Exhibition

Our next exhibition, Revolutionary Beginnings: War and Remembrance in the First Year of America’s Fight for Independence, will explore 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. Opening on March 1, 2025, this exhibition is the first in a series to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the events of the Revolutionary War.

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Events

Upcoming Author's Talk - Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America

Join us on Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 p.m., for an author’s talk featuring Vaughn Scribner of the University of Central Arkansas discussing his new book, how foreign soldiers’ negative perceptions of the American environment merged with harsh wartime realities to elicit considerable physical, mental, and emotional anguish.

Exhibitions

Fete Lafayette

Fete Lafayette marks the bicentennial of the marquis de Lafayette’s farewell tour of the United States. In August 1824, he arrived for a thirteen-month tour of the country he helped establish and whose democratic experiment he saw as a model for the rest of the world. The exhibition explores how Lafayette was celebrated during his farewell tour and how the tour reflects the fulfillment and ongoing promise of the nation’s founding ideals.

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.