News

2025 Research Fellowship Applications are Open

Each year our library offers fellowship opportunities to encourage advanced study of and publication on the importance and legacy of the American Revolution. Fellows receive support to explore our library and museum collections related to their projects. The new Thomas Jay McCahill III Fellowship provides financial support for a one-year period for one or more scholars to undertake advanced research on a topic germane to American history in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Short-Term Research Fellowships support onsite research at our library for a minimum of five days.

 

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Events

Upcoming Lunch Bite - A Portrait of Andrew Wallace, the "Rescuer of Lafayette" at Brandywine

Join us on Friday, September 13 at 12:30 p.m., for a Lunch Bite object talk featuring Historical Programs Manager Andrew Outten discussing a portrait of Revolutionary War veteran Andrew Wallace, painted by John Neagle in 1831, while examining Wallace’s service during the Revolution and the validity of his claim to have aided Lafayette on the battlefield at the Battle of Brandywine.

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.