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SUMMARY:Lecture—1776: Washington’s Grim and Glorious Year
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed historian John Rhodehamel explores the character\, ideals and moral discipline of Gen. George Washington. This talk will trace Washington’s profound transformation from a young and ambitious officer—often driven by personal advancement—into the mature and disciplined commander who led the Continental Army through the American Revolution and ultimately relinquished power to establish the world’s first modern republic. Through fresh insights drawn from Washington’s writings and experiences\, with a particular emphasis on the year 1776\, Rhodehamel offers a compelling portrait of a man whose greatness lay not simply in his military victories\, but in his extraordinary ability to subordinate personal ambition to the service of his country. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister To Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/lecture-1776-washingtons-grim-and-glorious-year/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T193000
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SUMMARY:Author’s Talk—Freedom Around the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Sarah M. S. Pearsall\, Ph.D.\, of Johns Hopkins University discusses her new book that argues that the American Founding Fathers did not have a unique claim on the revolutionary spirit. Drawing from the book\, Pearsall plucks a keyword from the Declaration of Independence—security\, happiness\, respect—and finds its spark in a far-flung place. In an Edinburgh club where women were first invited into philosophical conversations\, she explores what the pursuit of happiness meant to women and men of all sorts. She traces how novel forms of slavery provoked a new use of the word liberty in Connecticut petitions as well as in cries of “liberty or death.” On a Kolkata street where Indians protested relentless taxes\, Pearsall finds a critique of oppressive imperial government that galvanized Americans in their protests and parties against the tea of the English East India Company. In rural Germany\, boy soldiers sent abroad to die for Britain complicate who can lay claim to being civilized in a brutal war. Through the telling of the extraordinary tales of Friends of Liberty protesting tyranny around the world\, this talk restores these individuals and movements to their rightful place in the vital story of the American Revolution and the nation it created. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n  \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/authors-talk-freedom-around-the-globe-a-world-history-of-the-american-revolution/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T193000
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UID:32284-1792002600-1792006200@www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org
SUMMARY:Author’s Talk—George Washington and His World
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning historian Denver Brunsman\, Ph.D.\, discusses his new book that provides a compelling\, fresh portrait of George Washington. Enslaver and revolutionary\, destroyer of Native American communities and father of American liberty\, Washington filled numerous roles in the Founding Era. Rather than shy from these contradictions\, Brunsman embraces them in explaining Washington to a twenty-first century audience. Combining the latest historical findings with original primary research\, this talk provides new understanding of Washington’s rise and influence by emphasizing the people and society who made the first president’s accomplishments possible. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/authors-talk-george-washington-and-his-world/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260922T001224
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SUMMARY:Author’s Talk—Movers & Shapers: Seven Founding Fathers of the United States of America
DESCRIPTION:Independent historian Jennifer London\, Ph.D.\, discusses her new book that explores seven extraordinary men— Benjamin Franklin\, George Washington\, Thomas Jefferson\, John Adams\, Alexander Hamilton\, James Madison and John Jay—whose vision\, leadership and perseverance shaped the Constitution and the framework of the American Republic. Drawing from the book\, this talk highlights the motivations and unique contributions each made to the creation of the United States\, revealing how differing ideas\, spirited debate and a shared commitment to liberty forged a nation. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/authors-talk-movers-shapers-seven-founding-fathers-of-the-united-states-of-america/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T193000
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SUMMARY:Author’s Talk—The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy\, 1731-1821
DESCRIPTION:Independent historian Richard Vague discusses his new book that shows how Thomas Willing\, early America’s dominant merchant trader\, first bank president\, and first central banker\, bankrolled—and in the process helped save—the Revolution and later fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic. Drawing from his book\, Vague examines Willing’s life and accomplishments to shed genuinely new light on the genesis of the American Republic\, as well as the enduring economic and political conflicts that still shape American society today. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/authors-talk-the-banker-who-made-america-thomas-willing-and-the-rise-of-the-american-financial-aristocracy-1731-1821/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000
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SUMMARY:Author’s Talk—Revolutionary Snipers: Washington’s Frontier Commandos Whose Marksmanship Forged a New Way of War and Helped Win the Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning independent historian and author Patrick K. O’Donnell discusses his newest book that vividly brings to life the exploits of Washington’s finest frontier commandos\, whose legendary deadeye shooting offered the Continental Army an evolving and unconventional tactical advantage throughout the American Revolution. Drawing from the book\, along with unpublished letters\, diaries\, and other participant documents\, this talk illuminates the importance of these lesser-known soldiers of the Revolution and sheds light on how their fighting style emerged as a new way of war and helped achieve American independence. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/authors-talk-revolutionary-snipers-washingtons-frontier-commandos-whose-marksmanship-forged-a-new-way-of-war-and-helped-win-the-revolution/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000
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SUMMARY:Lecture—Old World Meets New World: Franco-American Encounters\, 1776-1783
DESCRIPTION:Historian Robert Selig discusses the experiences of the French soldiers who fought for the under the Comte de Rochambeau during the American Revolution. Arriving in Newport in July 1780\, Rochambeau’s soldiers stepped into a brave new world whose societal norms and modes of social interaction differed radically from their own. Rochambeau’s soldiers knew almost nothing about America and its people\, and what they thought they knew were preconceptions based on ideals of the Enlightenment. Getting to know their ally proceeded through a slow and sometimes painful educational process as few Americans had ever previously met Frenchmen. American expectations of the new ally had grown over decades of anti-French and anti-Catholic propaganda\, often causing them to view French soldiers more as an old enemy rather than a new friend. Drawing from extensive research of primary source materials\, this talk examines the moments when mutual prejudices and preconceptions encountered reality and how Frenchmen\, or Americans\, reacted to personal encounters that proved\, or disproved\, what they had expected. This program accompanies our current exhibition\, Voices of Revolution\, on view through January 10\, 2027. \nRegistration is requested. To attend the program in-person\, or to watch virtually\, please use the appropriate links below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Program In-Person At Anderson House \nRegister to Attend the Program Virtually \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/lecture-old-world-meets-new-world-franco-american-encounters-1776-1783/
LOCATION:Anderson House\, 2118 Massachusetts Ave.\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures and Author’s Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T193000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture—Underappreciated Victory: Bernardo de Galvez’s Mississippi River Campaign Against the British in 1779
DESCRIPTION:Independent historian Steven Kling sheds light on Spanish general Bernardo de Gálvez’s Mississippi River campaign in 1779 during the American Revolution. While brief\, Gálvez’s campaign was tremendously impactful and yet it is often over-looked. Drawing from newly discovered primary source materials\, this program highlights Gálvez’s campaign through an examination of terrain and weather difficulties\, logistical challenges and British fortified positions\, and its overall significance in paving the way for the more well-known operations against Mobile and Pensacola. This program accompanies our current exhibition\, Voices of Revolution\, on view through January 10\, 2027. \nRegistration is required. To register and attend the program virtually\, please use the link below. \n  \nRegister to Attend the Virtual Program \n
URL:https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/virtual-lecture-underappreciated-victory-bernardo-de-galvezs-mississippi-river-campaign-against-the-british-in-1779/
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