News

Year in Revolution Video Series Now Available

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati is proud to announce the launch of its new short-form video series titled Year in Revolution. Designed for classroom use, students and lifelong learners alike will learn about each year of the Revolution through a comprehensive overview video and five “who, what, where, when and how” videos. The videos for the years 1775 and 1776 are now available.

 

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Events

Upcoming Author's Talk - The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution

Join us on Tuesday,  July 9 at 6:30 p.m., for an author’s talk featuring historian Zara Anishanslin discussing her new book that charts the intertwined lives of three artists who dared to defy the British monarchy during the American Revolution.

Exhibitions

Revolutionary Beginnings

Revolutionary Beginnings kicks off our commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War with an examination of three critical and underappreciated battles—at Bunker Hill, Quebec and Sullivan’s Island—that demonstrate how widespread the rebellion was prior to the Declaration of Independence.

New Online

Historiscope Toy Interactive

A mid-nineteenth century educational toy made by Milton Bradley & Co. and preserved in our collections displays twelve scenes of the Revolution considered to be the most important events for children to know about the founding of their country. Explore the Historiscope through a new digital interactive experience.