Events

Kieran O’Keefe of Lyon College discusses his new book that focuses our attention on Loyalists living in New York’s Hudson Valley during the Revolution, an epicenter where neighbor fought neighbor, brother fought brother, and fathers fought sons. Through an analysis of the effects of violence on Loyalist communities—which included white, Black, and Native peoples—this talk reveals the brutal reality of war by examining its enduring psychological and social legacies,  providing a nuanced understanding of the Revolution’s human cost and how suffering became central to how Loyalists came to define themselves and their ordeal. This program accompanies our current exhibition, Voices of Revolution, on view through January 10, 2027.

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