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John Gilbert McCurdy on Vicious and Immoral Book | Read the Revolution
Author and historian Dr. John Gilbert McCurdy joined the Museum on June 6, 2024, for a special presentation exploring surprising truths about LGBTQ+ history in early America to launch his book, Vicious and Immoral: Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh. Building on research from his second book, Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution, McCurdy presented the fascinating story of a British Army chaplain’s 1774 trial with a historical discussion on homosexuality and the American Revolution.
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Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington's Tent
zhlédnutí 560Před 3 měsíci
From the Revolutionary War to the present day, generations of Americans and visitors from abroad have found inspiration in the presence of General George Washington’s headquarters tent. Today, this remarkable artifact is pitched in Philadelphia at the Museum of the American Revolution, where more than one million visitors since 2017 have learned about Washington’s leadership and America’s ongoi...
What Does Washington's Tent Mean to You? | Witness to Revolution
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 4 měsíci
Since 2017, over one million people have seen George Washington’s headquarters tent here at the Museum of the American Revolution. Viewers find the tent to be emotional, thought-provoking, and inspirational. We asked a range of people, from educators to descendants to caretakers, what does the Washington's tent mean to you? This video is featured in our newest special exhibition, Witness to Rev...
2024 Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust Lonaé A. Moore Forum
zhlédnutí 65Před 4 měsíci
In partnership with the Museum of American Revolution, the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust presented the seventh annual Lonaé A. Moore Forum, “It Begins with Each of Us: Fostering Racial Understanding." The theme of this year's forum was “Building Bridges By Sharing Our Stories" and explored how having access to an unlimited range of perspectives and lived experiences expands our understandin...
Stacy Schiff on The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams | Read the Revolution
zhlédnutí 408Před 4 měsíci
In partnership with The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff joined the Museum on Jan. 31, 2024, for a discussion with Museum President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson inspired by her most recent book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, and Adams’s attendance at the First Continental Congress in 1774 at Philadelphia’s Carpenters’...
Tim McGrath on Commodore John Barry | Read the Revolution Speaker Series
zhlédnutí 449Před 6 měsíci
Author and avid sailor Tim McGrath joined the Museum on Wednesday evening, Nov. 15, for a special presentation, “’What Think You of an American Fleet?’: The Rise and Fall of the Continental Navy,” to kickoff the Museum's 2023-24 Read the Revolution Speaker Series. Drawing on two of his award-winning books, Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America’s Revolution at Sea and John Barry:...
Keast & Hood's Alex Stadel Explains Structure for George Washington's War Tent
zhlédnutí 85Před 7 měsíci
Structural engineer Alex Stadel from Keast & Hood explains the challenges, solutions, and custom structure design to safely hold and display General George Washington's War Tent at the Museum of the American Revolution in historic Philadelphia.
Pension Project: Eugene Richardson (Tuskegee Airmen)
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Dr. Eugene J. Richardson, Jr., reads from the pension of Continental Army soldier Jeffrey Brace, an enslaved Black man who found freedom through service in the Revolutionary War. Richardson was born on Sept. 18, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a member of the group that became known at the Tuskegee Airmen. He entered active duty in October 1943 a...
Pension Project: Adam Straus (U.S. Marines)
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Adam Straus reads from the Revolutionary War pension of Ezekiel Ayers, who served various tours in the Sussex County, New Jersey, militia. Straus is a Marine veteran. As an infantry officer, he served with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment from 2017-2021. He now lives with his girlfriend in New York City and works as an English teacher at a private high s...
Pension Project: Matthew Midgett (U.S. Air Force Reserves)
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Matthew Midgett reads from the pension of Continental Army wagoneer and infantryman William Burnett. Midgett served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves from 2015 to 2021. He is currently studying as a Literature Ph.D. student at Binghamton University, with a focus on labor and the Victorian novel. He completed his bachelor's degree in English at Temple University and his master's degree in English a...
Black Founders Legacy of Entrepreneurship in Philadelphia Panel Discussion
zhlédnutí 77Před 7 měsíci
Inspired by the historical legacies of Black entrepreneurship presented in the special exhibition Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, the Museum presented a special evening event and panel discussion on Oct. 19, 2023, hosted by Karla Trotman, CEO and owner of Electro Soft, Inc., who serves on the Museum’s Board of Directors and Black Founders Exhibition Committee. With opening re...
Washington Standard Project: Constructing the Silk Replica Flag
zhlédnutí 255Před 7 měsíci
The Museum of the American Revolution's Washington Standard Project set out to recreate General George Washington’s headquarters flag, which is part of the Museum’s collection and is said to have marked his presence during the Revolutionary War.
Washington Standard Project: Weaving & Dyeing the Silk Replica Flag
zhlédnutí 223Před 8 měsíci
The Museum of the American Revolution's Washington Standard Project set out to recreate General George Washington’s headquarters flag, which is part of the Museum’s collection and is said to have marked his presence during the Revolutionary War. Take a look behind-the-scenes at how the silk was woven by textile artist and weaver Bettes Silver-Schack in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania before it wa...
2023 Carl M. Buchholz Memorial Lecture with Akhil Reed Amar
zhlédnutí 769Před 8 měsíci
Preeminent constitutional scholar and Yale University professor Akhil Reed Amar joined the Museum as the distinguished lecturer for the fifth Carl M. Buchholz Memorial Lecture. His talk focused on his most recent book The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, which provides a history of the American Constitution's formative decades. In The Words That Made Us, Akh...
James Forten, Sailmaker | Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
zhlédnutí 165Před 8 měsíci
James Forten's wealth, prosperity, and prominence in Philadelphia stemmed from his ownership of a successful sailmaking company located on the upper floor of a warehouse near the city’s wharves. Forten became one of a small number of Black business owners in Philadelphia when he took over the sailmaking company of Robert Bridges in 1798. The sailmaking business remained under Forten’s ownership...
Black Philadelphia | Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
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Black Philadelphia | Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
Why the Revolution: Going "Down the Shore"
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Why the Revolution: Going "Down the Shore"
Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution with Author Eric Jay Dolin
zhlédnutí 351Před 11 měsíci
Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution with Author Eric Jay Dolin
Black Founders Women & the Archives: Culture Keepers from Generation to Generation
zhlédnutí 197Před 11 měsíci
Black Founders Women & the Archives: Culture Keepers from Generation to Generation
Why the Revolution: Gender, Sexuality, and Pride
zhlédnutí 403Před 11 měsíci
Why the Revolution: Gender, Sexuality, and Pride
Liberty's Daughters & 1774 with Mary Beth Norton | Read the Revolution Speaker Series
zhlédnutí 370Před rokem
Liberty's Daughters & 1774 with Mary Beth Norton | Read the Revolution Speaker Series
Letter on a Council with Native Americans | Timeline of the American Revolution
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Letter on a Council with Native Americans | Timeline of the American Revolution
"Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty" Poster | Timeline of the American Revolution
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"Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty" Poster | Timeline of the American Revolution
At War, At Sea | Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
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At War, At Sea | Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
Why the Revolution: Fitness & Exercise
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Why the Revolution: Fitness & Exercise
Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects | Timeline of the American Revolution
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Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects | Timeline of the American Revolution
AmRev Presents: The Jeremy Winston Chorale in Concert
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AmRev Presents: The Jeremy Winston Chorale in Concert
AmRev360: History Takes Center Stage with Paul Oakley Stovall
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AmRev360: History Takes Center Stage with Paul Oakley Stovall
Hessian Headgear | Timeline of the American Revolution
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Hessian Headgear | Timeline of the American Revolution
Lafayette Parade Banner | Timeline of the American Revolution
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Lafayette Parade Banner | Timeline of the American Revolution

Komentáře

  • @tinhta9720
    @tinhta9720 Před 23 hodinami

    Long S - ſ

  • @nickmat3153
    @nickmat3153 Před 4 dny

    It’s interesting that the supporters of Robert Newburgh rejected the outdated notions of classism and deference and became supporters and citizens of the new United States!

  • @nickmat3153
    @nickmat3153 Před 4 dny

    Excellent lecture and book! Now, let’s stop ignoring Baron von Steuben’s “gay” life! and his creation of the U.S. Army.

  • @dennisyu2760
    @dennisyu2760 Před 13 dny

    Why are you talking about toilets? Is this supposed to entertain the kids?

  • @frederickmallett591
    @frederickmallett591 Před 17 dny

    I have read Tim's John Barry book. I only wish the book came out in audio format. As built the frigate Alliance 36 came out with 12 pound cannonballs however after the Alliance vs Atlanta and Trespesy fight the Alliance had the 12 pounders with 18 pounders. During the fight off Cape Canaveral the Alliance 36 fought the fight with 18 pounders. Often while driving I read Tim's " Give Me A Fast Ship"

  • @paulrubio3918
    @paulrubio3918 Před 21 dnem

    It's fascinating to see how the experts created a structure that would work for displaying the tent, converging history and engineering.

  • @SharonCrouch-zt2mp
    @SharonCrouch-zt2mp Před měsícem

    My ancestor is who accompanied the Baroness, Karl Haldeman a Hessian soldier and Royal Guard. He too was captured along with her, when released he Americanized hos name to Carl Halterman and stayed in Virginia.

  • @Drod8899
    @Drod8899 Před měsícem

    This story inpires me so deeply

  • @user-dh8sg8ur5e
    @user-dh8sg8ur5e Před měsícem

    This should be common knowledge to any US Citizen. All kids in school should know importance of the Stamp Act & why it mattered in 1765 and why it matters today.

  • @j7ndominica051
    @j7ndominica051 Před měsícem

    Even if you know what the letter is, it's dumb to have two that are so confusingly similar. I see a ligature "ct". Adobe has this in the private use area: . Looks like an embellishment to use occasionally in a quote. But I went to a website where they have every combination of "ct" like that somehow.

  • @therealgodessisis5004
    @therealgodessisis5004 Před měsícem

    You can be a decent human being or you can be an enslaver, you cannot be both.

  • @oldmansportsog2514
    @oldmansportsog2514 Před měsícem

    Great video One of my favorite American history stories is the building of the railroad, it was right after war and the country needed to keep the people busy and looking forward so on railroad came Union and Confederate soldiers along with recently free Black Americans, the Irish and the Chinese Different religion and skin tones and came together to build the railroad to really make America what it is today

  • @user-rq7el8nh6q
    @user-rq7el8nh6q Před měsícem

    Is there a book or list of the names of the captured Hessians ?

  • @shakespearaamina9117
    @shakespearaamina9117 Před měsícem

    Fascinating

  • @user-rq7el8nh6q
    @user-rq7el8nh6q Před 2 měsíci

    My great grandma was the ganddaughter of a captured Hessian, Futcher s the name. Real tough hard working, no non sense people

  • @johncaster8037
    @johncaster8037 Před 2 měsíci

    Well done!

  • @clockmakerapostolate
    @clockmakerapostolate Před 2 měsíci

    We need more Barry in our history books. Thanks from the 5th great nephew of the Commodore!

  • @jameskeating4719
    @jameskeating4719 Před 3 měsíci

    Excellent thank you guys ❤

  • @olyvoyl9382
    @olyvoyl9382 Před 3 měsíci

    This interview was fascinating, very informative, and enteraining. The man from Peru is a much better speaker than the interviewer.

  • @FlashFilmsOnline
    @FlashFilmsOnline Před 4 měsíci

    The presentation of George Washington's tent by the museum is phenomenal and cannot be described. You have to see it to understand the full experience.

  • @normchouinard8766
    @normchouinard8766 Před 4 měsíci

    This is what the tent means to me. No President was needed and loved like Washington. He never left his troops, he suffered with them. He had nothing to gain and everything to lose. He lost his only stepson at Yorktown days after Corwallis' surrender. He singlehandedly turned the hearts of his own military at Brewster who were set to march to Philadelphia against the seated government. With the war successfully prosecuted, he could have ruled but eschewed power to return home. With the states in disarray, he leaves retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention. And when it came time to choose the first executive to lead the nation, they did not tell him, you should be the president. They told him you must be the president. So he left Mount Vernon and retirement again to serve. Thank you Mr. President.

  • @valerieprotopapas8644
    @valerieprotopapas8644 Před 4 měsíci

    The tent housed a man who thought more about his fellow Americans than he did himself. Not too many "important people" around today feel the same way.

  • @geraldmantel4955
    @geraldmantel4955 Před 4 měsíci

    Great topic, nice synopsis ...

  • @johntung789
    @johntung789 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing this fascinating research with us. I found this CZcams through Wikipedia on "Military history of Asian Americans" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans#cite_ref-18

  • @buggsmcgee9270
    @buggsmcgee9270 Před 4 měsíci

    On an episode of "Curse of Oak island" they found an item like this but could not confirm it.

  • @thilaks3432
    @thilaks3432 Před 4 měsíci

    French Royal academy rejected the mary curie member of FRA for the reason she is a women

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird Před 4 měsíci

    Long Live The Great American Republic! ✝️🇺🇸

  • @Dontknow-ol8dl
    @Dontknow-ol8dl Před 4 měsíci

    Do you know we’re to get a good repro one like you showed??

  • @chriswitmer4446
    @chriswitmer4446 Před 5 měsíci

    This video would be vastly improved if it showed a complete reproduction of a grenadier cap so as to give viewers who are not familiar with them an idea of what they look like. High quality reproduction hats are to be had with a little effort.

  • @rickhaddix6847
    @rickhaddix6847 Před 5 měsíci

    He is the last person I want to hear speak on the revolution. Biden is destroying this country. He may cause another.

  • @rickhaddix6847
    @rickhaddix6847 Před 5 měsíci

    Are you trying to push an agenda?

  • @Sonya1967
    @Sonya1967 Před 5 měsíci

    Benedict Arnold was an American Hero and Patriot! It was his effort that won the revolution. He was the first President that lived in the Presidents House in Philadelphia, yes I said President, before George Washington. It was Benedict Arnold that crossed the Delaware and was in Valley Forge. George Washington and Benedict Arnold have a similar appearance, it was Benedict Arnold that knelt in prayer at Valley Forge, not George Washington, Benedict Arnold was Jesus Christ, the Savior and Messiah, reincarnated, thus the smears and lies from the Freemason Lucifer worshiping faction in which George Washington belonged and was even married to a man, and his name was Martha. President Donald J. Trump is also the Savior, Jesus Christ, the Messiah reincarnated, we are living in the Kingdom of God, I have made a videos on my channel in which every one was made through the inspiration of Jesus Christ, through dreams, visions and direction from Him. I have linked one video about Benedict Arnold Below. studio.czcams.com/users/videoiK8c7cMvSxM/edit

  • @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234
    @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 Před 5 měsíci

    😊thanks for sharing

  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder Před 6 měsíci

    Conscription is slavery, and free men are entitled to resist it with deadly force.

  • @corderomiles3769
    @corderomiles3769 Před 6 měsíci

    What about indian supous/hessians? They def were mercenaries.. from america going out to france and germany to cameroon

  • @delmaplain5358
    @delmaplain5358 Před 6 měsíci

    This was so interesting, and may I say you have a beautiful rolling pin? Were these common in Revolutionary days! I know rolling pins were, but were ones done with such lovely woodwork common?

  • @dougmuzzy32
    @dougmuzzy32 Před 6 měsíci

    Issic Dave's muzzy and his father john muzzy Is my family members on my grand fathers side of the family

  • @petercintron3861
    @petercintron3861 Před 6 měsíci

    I LIVE IN BEACON N.Y. RIGHT ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER FROM WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS IN NEWBURGH .N.Y. , ALSO WASHINGTON'S ENCAMPMENT ,WERE THE PURPLE HEART WAS DESIGNED.. LOVE HISTORY, DUTCHESS COUNTY FULL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR HISTORY, A LOT OF CEMETERY'S HAVE MANY REVOLUTIONARIES WAR HEROES ..BRINCKERHOFF HOUSE IN FISHKILL N.Y. WHERE LAFAYETTE AND GENERAL WASHINGTON MET ,THE VAN WICK ESTATE, THE FISHKILL REFORMED CHURCH ,MANY MORE PLACES LIKE PRESIDENT F.D.R. ESTATE ,THE VANDERBILT ESTATE, LIVINGSTON ESTATE OLD N..Y. MONEY (FAMILIES)

  • @janekata1432
    @janekata1432 Před 6 měsíci

    Grade A acting....

  • @markmorse9445
    @markmorse9445 Před 6 měsíci

    Year late but thanks for this

  • @rodricusbailey5901
    @rodricusbailey5901 Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks again love me not hate me

  • @mafiastud6558
    @mafiastud6558 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you for your service!

  • @mafiastud6558
    @mafiastud6558 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you for your service!

  • @markcorrigan3930
    @markcorrigan3930 Před 7 měsíci

    54:49

  • @pelicansareunderrated
    @pelicansareunderrated Před 7 měsíci

    So were the taxes collected as the document was bought?

  • @liane58
    @liane58 Před 8 měsíci

    Performance is at 53:50

  • @brianparent
    @brianparent Před 8 měsíci

    Ya know...Sir Edward Coke (Petition of Rights) became The Parliament Bill of Rights honored by The Magna Carta after The Glorious Revolution of 1688, The English Civil War, The Great Puritan Migration, The 30 Years' War, Guy Fawkes Day, and from the time King Henry The VIII was officially excommunicated from The Roman Catholic Church by Pope Paul III in 1538 (encyclopedias). Of course, our Founding Fathers cited The Magna Carta often when creating our U.S. Constitution, U.S. Bill of Rights, Habeas Corpus, and a person's guaranteed right to a trial by jury.

  • @brianparent
    @brianparent Před 8 měsíci

    Ruler of Hesse Kassel was King Frederick II who married Princess Landgravine (died: January 15th, 1772), the daughter of King George The II. "To George Washington from Johann Christoph Koehler 1780" or Journals of The House of Commons, Vol. 23, page 488, pub. 1803, by The Parliament of Great Britain. Why are you neglecting to mention that? Message by a descendant of Roger Williams, once a student of Sir Edward Coke?

  • @Joseluis4wellness
    @Joseluis4wellness Před 8 měsíci

    This was a brave woman. A true freedom fighter in the revolutionary war..... No signaling but true virtue ... Captain "Molly"

  • @dillonhouseholder7163
    @dillonhouseholder7163 Před 8 měsíci

    He makes it look so easy!