News

Watch Our Year in Revolution Video Series

We are proud to announce the completion of our short-form video series Year in Revolution, which tells the story of the Revolutionary War from its opening shots in 1775 to the achievement of independence in 1783. Each year is explored through one comprehensive overview video and five “who, what, when, where and how” videos, using archival animation that brings to life the Institute’s collections. The videos for all eight years of the war, 1775-1783, are available now.

 

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Events

Lecture—Entangled Alliances: The Soldiers of Saint-Domingue During the American Revolution

Join us on Thursday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m. for a lecture featuring historian Ronald Angelo Johnson of Baylor University brings to light the fascinating story of American patriots and rebels from Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) allying against European tyranny.

Exhibitions

Voices of Revolution

As we mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition Voices of Revolution explores the variety of people who participated in the Revolutionary War and some of the battlefields where their paths crossed, underscoring the scale and importance of this event at the heart of our national identity.

New Online

Journal of the French ship Auguste

A rare French eyewitness account of the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 is now available on the Field, the digital archive of the American Revolution Institute. Kept by Charles Martin Le Baigue, a cook aboard the ship, the 185-page manuscript records the tactics and human experience of naval warfare and reveals the importance of the war at sea to the Franco-American victory at Yorktown.