Supporting scholarship and promoting popular understanding of the American Revolution is central to the work of the American Revolution Institute. The Institute welcomes distinguished scholars and authors to share their insights and discuss their latest research with the public at Anderson House through lectures, author's talks and panel discussions. The Institute also hosts a variety of other historical programs throughout the year, including our Lunch Bite object talks, battlefield tours, special Anderson House tour programs and other events. Many of the events we offer are free.
March 2020
EVENT CANCELLED: Concert – Can’t Help Singing
Due to the current public health emergency, this event has been cancelled. Nancy Peery Marriott, soprano, and David Chapman, piano, return to Anderson House for a performance of classical music for voice and piano. The performance will include favorites composed by John Duke, George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hammerstein. The concert will last approximately one hour. Registration is required for this free event. About the Performers Nancy Peery Marriott has appeared extensively in concert, oratorio and recital throughout the…
Find out more »April 2020
EVENT CANCELLED: Author’s Talk and Concert – Hail Columbia! and the Music of the Founding Era
Due to the current public health emergency, this event has been cancelled. From the Revolutionary War through the antebellum era, popular songs reflected different ideas about the meaning of liberty, the future and nature of the republic and Americans’ proper place within it. Laura Lohman, professor of music at Queens University of Charlotte, will discuss and sign copies of her new book Hail Columbia! American Music and Politics in the Early Nation. David Hildebrand, co-founder of the Colonial Music Institute, will…
Find out more »July 2020
Concert – A Second of July Celebration of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial
https://youtu.be/-piH2OVS3Sk John Adams—the father of American independence if ever there was one—predicted that “the Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.” The second of July is the day the Continental Congress adopted Richard Henry Lee’s resolution “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States . . .…
Find out more »July 2021
Virtual Concert – A Second of July Celebration
John Adams—the father of American independence if ever there was one—predicted that “the Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.” The second of July is the day the Continental Congress adopted Richard Henry Lee’s resolution “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States . . . and…
Find out more »June 2024
Concert—Music from the Life and Tour of Lafayette
During the marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-1825 farewell tour, he was celebrated in each city and town with processions, banquets, receptions, worship services and visits to important sites—many of which included music written for the occasion. To commemorate the bicentennial of Lafayette’s return to the United States, this special concert features David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute performing and discussing various musical pieces created during Lafayette's life and especially his farewell tour of America—including some that are part…
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