#OnThisDay in 1776, 250 years ago today, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. The first copy with the signers' names was printed in January 1777 by a woman named Mary Katharine Goddard. See her broadside on view at the Museum: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm

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What Jefferson really thought about race - Think

Thomas Jefferson wrote passionately about individual freedoms, yet he enslaved hundreds. How did he square the two? Annette Gordon-Reed joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Jefferson’s own words on race, w...

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Visiting Philadelphia? Take a deep dive into the city's Revolutionary history with a guide from @themanualguide.bsky.social, including a stop to the Museum to explore our special exhibition "The Declaration's Journey" and core galleries. Read more: https://bit.ly/4yy8CCs

These 8 Philadelphia historic activities reveal the America most tourists miss

Explore Philadelphia history in lesser-known gardens, churches, and estates that have stood as long as the country itself.

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I didn’t know anything about this event until I read a middle-grade historical fiction book ‘Rebellion 1776’ by @halseanderson.bsky.social last year. The Boston inoculation is a major plot point! If you have younger readers in your life I highly recommend

I love words.

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‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms. ‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms. But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

15 JUNE 1776, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS: Abigail Adams is one of a party of local women given a tour of the warship Defence, a brig from Connecticut: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

Join us #Juneteenth weekend for musical performances, costumed historical interpretation, in-gallery talks in our core galleries and special exhibition, discovery carts, and more to explore the continuing struggle for equality for all. June 19-21: https://bit.ly/4v7MhJT

Enjoy the longer summer days with extended hours at the Museum! ☀️ Starting Saturday, June 13, the Museum will be open every day with more time to explore the galleries from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Plan your summer visit: https://bit.ly/3acQM11

A Revolutionary Summer

From Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day, the Museum of the American Revolution's special events and exhibits offer visitors of all ages the opportunity to explore the American Revolution and its ongoin...

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10 JUNE 1776, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA: With the army regrouped and reinforced from fleeing Boston, the British fleet departs for the invasion of New York.

Very sad to learn of the passing of Marjame Satrapi, author of Persepolis, a uniquely timely book right now, and a valued member of the Velshi Banned Book Clubhttps://www.ms.now/ali-velshi/persepolis-banned-book-club-rcna102367

'Persepolis' offers a glimpse of growing up amid a revolution

The graphic novel is also a love letter to Iranian culture.

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“It’s difficult to apply history to modern day; most scenarios are deeply nuanced, with too many extraneous factors to allow for a fair equivalence. Even so, Boston’s early public health system relied on an essential ingredient lacking today: trust.”

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I’m happy to have had my research featured in this piece for @wgbh.org! It’s a short version of the arguments I made in my book, namely that revolutionary Americans understood their government had a duty to protect them from epidemic disease. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

30 MAY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “The Die is cast. We must all be Soldiers, and fight pro Aris et Focis”: John Adams writes to Samuel Cooper that Congress is preparing to raise seventy thousand additional troops to serve in New York, New England & Canada.

Hale is one of the thousands of Continental personnel from New England who have flooded into western Long Island to prepare the defenses for the expected redcoat invasion in the coming summer.

30 MAY 1776, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: Lieutenant Nathan Hale is disgusted by the Toryism he finds on Long Island: “It would grieve every good man to consider what unnatural monsters we have as it were in our bowels,” he writes to his brother Enoch.

An intersection in Philadelphia's Gayborhood now honors late WMMR radio host Pierre Robert. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pierre-robert-street-latimer-philadelphia/ 

Late radio host Pierre Robert honored with street renaming in Philadelphia's Gayborhood

Friends and local groups said Pierre Robert was a major supporter of organizations for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV.

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20 MAY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: Georgia joins the Continental Congress, bringing the number of colonies represented to thirteen. Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett present their credentials and are accepted into the Congress.

New Episode of @bfworld.bsky.social! During the American Revolution, the British promised freedom to enslaved men & women who joined their lines. For David George, born into bondage in Virginia, it was an opening. But freedom across British lines was only 1 escape. 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/441

🗳️ The Cross Keys Café will be closed today, May 19, as it serves as a polling location for #ElectionDay. The Museum will be open normal hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Find your polling place and more voter resources: https://pa.gov/vote

Thomas Jefferson made sure his daughters and at least some of the people he enslaved were inoculated against smallpox, just like he was. Martha Washington, the Adams family and many, many more of the founding families understood and embraced inoculation.

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16 MAY 1776, PHILADELPHIA: Hearing that Martha Washington intends to come to Philadelphia to be inoculated against smallpox, John Hancock writes to George Washington offer his own residence for her to recuperate: founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...

These two panels have spoken directly to me the most.I am grateful for being seen as are so many others. Books like these need to be in our classrooms. My wife& I also wrote the educator guide for @halseanderson.bsky.social Speak graphic novel adaptation static.macmillan.com/static/macmi...

Our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series continues May 14 with @halseanderson.bsky.social! Join us for a talk about her process to research and write historical fiction for generations of young readers, including Rebellion 1776 and the bestselling Fever 1793. 🎟️: https://bit.ly/4uCDMFY

Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Laurie Halse Anderson

Author Laurie Halse Anderson will join the Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series for a lecture and discussion about her process to research and write historical fiction for generations of young ...

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Historian here Happy Mothers Day thanks to the abolitionist feminist Julia Ward Howe and dedicated this year to the memory of Renee Good.

7 MAY 1776, BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS: A Goverment of more Stability is much wanted in this colony, and they are ready to receive it from the Hands of the Congress”: In a letter to John Adams, Abigail Adams adds to the calls for independence: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment of the Humanities Funding In Historic Case - AHA

Statements From American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2026 - This afternoon US District J...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map and Destroys Key Voting Rights Act Provision www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map and Destroys Key Voting Rights Act Provision

The Supreme Court today struck down Louisiana’s congressional map and issued a ruling that eviscerates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and opens the door for states to enact discriminatory maps wit...

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What I want for Mother's Day (US is May 10) is always more #womenshistory for everyone. Forget Dad Books, let's get serious about Mom Books.

Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Women’s history for (US)Mother’s Day on May10th. Material culture off my shelves at home version.

#OnThisDay in 1759, political philosopher and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest publications to champion women’s rights, Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London. Read about "Wollstonecraftian" voters in Revolutionary America: https://bit.ly/3JUSh5V

Mary Wollstonecraft and Women Voters in America

In 1792, English writer and political philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Her writing has continued to influence American readers – especially women – for g...

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27 APRIL 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “I think with you, that it requires a Faith which can remove Mountains to believe that Liberty & Safety, can ever hereafter be enjoyed by America, in any Subjection to the Government of Great Britain,” John Adams tells Horatio Gates: founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...