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.
May 2019
Author’s Talk – The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution
Historian John Buchanan discusses and signs copies of his long-awaited sequel to The Road to Guilford Courthouse that brings the story of the war in the South to its dramatic conclusion. Nathanael Greene’s Southern Campaign was the most difficult of the war. With a supply line stretching hundreds of miles northward, it revealed much about the crucial military art of provision and transport. Insufficient manpower a constant problem, Greene attempted to incorporate black regiments into his army, a plan angrily rejected…
Find out more »June 2019
Dupont Kalorama Museum Walk Weekend
Visit Anderson House and four other neighborhood museums for free during this annual event and enjoy our Revolutionary Reflections exhibition inspired craft. Explore the house at your own pace and speak with knowledgeable docents stationed in each room. Anderson House will be open from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, June 1, 2019 and Sunday, June 2, 2019. To learn more about the participating museums, please visit the Dupont Kalorama Museum Consortium website.
Find out more »Lecture – Playing with Fire: From American Revolutionaries to French Revolution
The upheaval and violence of the French Revolution threatened the lives of aristocratic officers of the Revolutionary War and colored their memories of the revolution in America. Julia Osman, associate professor of history and director of the Institute for the Humanities at Mississippi State University as well as our 2009 Tyree-Lamb Fellow, discusses her work exploring the impact of the American Revolution on the French officers who commanded it, the French soldiers who fought it and the French civilians who…
Find out more »Lunch Bite – Tarleton’s Second Battle of Cowpens
Join History and Education Associate Evan Phifer for a discussion of Tarleton’s Second Battle of Cowpens. The presentation will focus on the published first edition of Banastre Tarleton’s 1787 memoirs and his very public debate with critics over responsibility for the dramatic British defeat at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens. The presentation will last approximately 30 minutes with time afterwards for up-close viewing of the memoirs.
Find out more »Revolutionary War Camp: Revolutionary Friendship, Session 1 Ages 9-10
This summer's Revolutionary War Camp, a five-day camp for boys and girls, focuses on the theme Revolutionary Friendship, about the alliance forged between France and the United States during the Revolutionary War and how the French commitment to the achievement of American independence has bound the two nations together for more than two centuries. During the week, campers will focus on how this revolutionary friendship helped define Our Independence, Our Republic, Our National Identity and Our Highest Ideals. Campers will dress in custom-made period costumes they get…
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