On the way to 1779. Library Director @amrevinstitute Washington D.C. and in before times @nypl & @lafcol
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In "Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis," Alec Zuercher Reichardt offers a spatial history of the American Revolution, arguing that the physical infrastructure of the British Empire directly enabled its own downfall.
#ReadtheRevolution excerpt: bit.ly/4sOcU6r
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Live from DC 🏛️📚🎤
The stage is set for our history conference keynote dinner conversation, “The American Revolution and Its Legacies: Independence and
a Candid World,” with historians David Armitage (Harvard University), Andrew O’Shaughnessy (University of Virginia), and William Anthony Hay (Arizona State University).
The history conference is hosted in cooperation with @AmRevInstitute.
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Join us on Wed., 10/14 at 6:30 pm as we welcome award-winning historian Denver Brunsman of @GWtweets / @GWHistoryDept to discuss his new book that provides a compelling, fresh portrait of George Washington. Learn more & register: bit.ly/4j1wdGw
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Next Tues., 10/6 at 6:30 pm! Join us for an author’s talk featuring historian Sarah M.S. Pearsall discussing her new book, Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution. Learn more & register: bit.ly/3TxR3mf
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We are thrilled to announce our upcoming fall programs that begin this Thursday, September 3! Join us for a great new lineup of lectures, author’s talks, and other events. Explore and register for our fall programs at: bit.ly/4x23wfR
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The Senate should pass the bipartisan Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act so Americans appreciate the full measure of the family’s contributions to independence, our Constitution, and our commitment to liberty under law, writes @jackiecushman
on.wsj.com/45e5aj3
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Beat the heat this summer with our upcoming season of historical programs that begins on May 7! Explore and register for all our summer lectures, author’s talks, and other special events at: bit.ly/3YBwkgl
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The long 18th century forged so much of the British political scene. Yet to understand the innovations of the age we have to understand how these statesmen saw themselves as actors in a world shaped by Classical Rome. Today, @ChountisFabbri sets the scene: antigonejournal.com/2026/05/…
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Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI medievalists.net/2026/01/320… #medievalmanuscripts
"Any Officer, non Commission’d Officer, or Soldier, who shall hereafter be detected playing at Toss-up, pitch & hustle, or any other Games of chance... shall without delay be confined and punished for disobedience of orders." -George Washington's General Orders, 3 October 1775
Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10K to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving.
My cover story on the online betting boom warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Born on this day in 1867, Lillian D. Wald was a public health nurse, social worker, and founder of the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Her papers include materials relating to her involvement with various social initiatives: archives.nypl.org/mss/3201
ALT Black-and-white photo of a woman in a nurse's uniform Lillian D. Wald (1867–1940) on her graduation as a nurse. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Print Collection. #NYPLDigitalCollections ID: 5200505.
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"In short, the great task before us is to revisit and reimagine America’s founding fight as a creation story in the making of our modern world."
Read more from Richard Bell about #America250 in our new issue: americanheritage.com/they-tu…
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The Hoover Institution invites you to The Declaration of Independence: History, Meaning, and Modern Impact, an online conversation with Hoover historians @PatowmackPacket and @TheGNapp, and @TJMonticello President Jane Kamensky.
Tune in Feb 4 at 10 am PT: hoover.org/events/declaratio…
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The words that shaped America were written by hand, and preserved in places like the National Archives, where students can still see them today.
This National Handwriting Day, submit your own writings or artwork for a chance to see John Hancock’s famous signature up close ✍️
america250.org/fieldtrip/
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28 NOVEMBER 1775, PHILADELPHIA: Samuel Nicholas is commissioned a captain, the first member of the Continental Marines, in anticipation of Congress’s decision on November 30 to raise the Marines from new recruits rather than the existing Continental Army.
ALT A posthumous representation of Samuel Nicholas, painted in 1989 by Donna J. Neary
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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No historical event benefited the world more than the Revolutionary War
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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It’s cold & flu season. In the #RevWar soldiers battled more than the common cold. They were susceptible to deadly diseases. In response, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a pamphlet to highlight the importance of diet, dress, and camp hygiene for the army. bit.ly/3Lom8oc
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Next Tues., 11/4 at 6:30 pm, join us for an author’s talk featuring historian Richard Bell, Ph.D., of the University of Maryland discussing his new book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Learn more & register: bit.ly/47qSLJ9
There's just something special about a new protective enclosure. Big thanks to Quarto Conservation of Books & Paper, Inc. for assisting with several conservation projects @AmRevInstitute library
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