Join us for a reception and an evening of play as we celebrate the world-wide launch of Revolutionary Choices, a video game created by the American Revolution Institute to make the Revolution fun—and to let players experience how hard it was to achieve independence while ensuring liberty and union. A more perfect union is possible—play […]
In this third date in the American Music Series, Zachary Grim performs a range of guitar music, from the Sousa-esque compositions of William Foden to the Appalachian-inspired compositions of Robert Beaser, as well as modern compositions commissioned by the artist. As a concert guitarist and lutenist, Zachary Grim is an innovative performer who incorporates modern […]
Historian and columnist Richard Brookhiser discusses and signs copies of his biography of John Marshall, a Revolutionary War veteran whose career as chief justice of the Supreme Court transformed American law and politics. When Marshall became the fourth chief justice of the United States in 1801, the Supreme Court was the weakest branch of the […]
Japan was a touchstone in the lives of Larz and Isabel Anderson, who traveled to the country four times during the so-called “Gilded Age,” when status was expressed in part through collecting fine art. The couple assembled a large collection of Meiji-period Japanese art and displayed much of it amidst the western-style interiors and décor […]
Library Director Ellen Clark presents highlights of a recently acquired collection of early newspapers and other periodicals featuring articles on Alexander Hamilton. From the first official reports of his valor at Yorktown through his political career and personal trials to his death as the result of the duel with Aaron Burr, Hamilton was a figure […]