Supporting scholarship and promoting popular understanding of the American Revolution is central to the work of the American Revolution Institute. The Institute welcomes distinguished scholars and authors to share their insights and discuss their latest research with the public at Anderson House through lectures, author's talks and panel discussions. The Institute also hosts a variety of other historical programs throughout the year, including our Lunch Bite object talks, battlefield tours, special Anderson House tour programs and other events. Many of the events we offer are free.
March 2024
Art in Bloom DC 2024
Art in Bloom DC returns to Anderson House for a fourth time on March 14-17! This popular event fills our historic headquarters with dozens of floral arrangements inspired by the art and architecture of Anderson House. Art in Bloom provides a unique opportunity in the nation’s capital to stroll through the museum at your own pace, viewing interpretations of specific artworks, furnishings and architectural details rendered in a floral medium by some of Washington’s most creative and innovative floral designs.…
Find out more »Lecture—The Marquis de Lafayette and his Farewell Tour
In 1824-1825, the marquis de Lafayette embarked on a tour of the United States, returning for a final time to the country he helped establish and whose democratic experiment he saw as a model for the rest of the world. Throughout his thirteen-month tour, he visited all twenty-four states of the union, where he was celebrated in each city and town with processions, banquets and receptions, worship services, and visits to important sites. Join historian Alan Hoffman, president of the…
Find out more »April 2024
Dinner and Lecture – “The Fortunes of War Have Made Me Your Prisoner”: British Blunders and the Prelude to Saratoga
This dinner and lecture at the Inn at Saratoga, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., kicks off the Institute’s next two-day battlefield tour experience exploring a significant turning point of the American Revolution: the Battle of Saratoga. The evening begins at 5 p.m. with cocktails that will be available through a cash bar, followed by a buffet style dinner. Following the evening's meal, a lecture given by the Institute’s historical programs manager, Andrew Outten, will discuss the campaigns of 1777, political and…
Find out more »Battlefield Tour – The Battle of Saratoga
Registration for Saturday's day-long guided bus tour is currently sold out. Tickets for the Friday evening dinner and lecture are still available. To be placed on our waiting list for Saturday's battlefield tour, please email the Institute's historical programs manager, Andrew Outten (aoutten@societyofthecincinnati.org), to be notified of any open spots that become available. The waiting list will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis. Join us in New York as we explore a critical turning point of the American Revolution:…
Find out more »Author’s Talk— Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence
Through the experiences of William and Benjamin Frank, who enlisted in the Second Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, Dr. Shirley Green, adjunct professor of history at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University, focuses our attention on the Black experience during the American Revolution by underscoring the significant distinction between free Blacks in military service and those who had been enslaved, and how they responded in different ways to the harsh realities…
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