Lecture – “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War” with Friederike Baer

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

On Sunday, October 15 at 1:30 PM, author Friederike Baer will discuss her book Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. The book examines the experiences of the estimated 30,000 German soldiers – collectively known as Hessians – that participated in the war on the British side. In 2002, Dr. Baer received a Ph.D. in early American history from Brown University. She served as a project archivist at the American Philosophical Society. Since 2010, she has been on the faculty of Penn State Abington College as an Associate Professor of History and Division Head for Arts and Humanities. Copies Read More

Lecture – “Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777”

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

On Saturday, November 4 at 1:30 PM, commemorate the Marine Corps birthday with Jason Q. Bohm (Maj. Gen. USMC) as he discusses his book on the founding and early years of the corps. The story begins with the oppressive days that drove America into a conflict for which it was ill-prepared, when thirteen independent colonies commenced a war against the world’s most powerful military with nothing more than local militias, privateers, and other ad hoc units. It continues with the creation of the Continental Marines and the men who led them during the parallel paths followed by the Army and Read More

Camp Life: Enduring the 1776 Bucks County Encampments

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

The desperate condition of the soldiers who crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776 has become as legendary as the crossing itself. Less well-known are the conditions under which these soldiers lived in the weeks preceding the crossing. On Sunday, December 3 at 7 PM, Park Military Historian Colin Zimmerman will examine the reality of the difficult and complex encampments and how they impacted what would prove to be a decisive military stroke in the American War for Independence. Due to the overwhelming response to attend, we are switching entirely to livestream. There will be no in-person component to Read More

Lecture – “Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.  In the event of inclement weather, this will be a virtual-only event.  Registrants will be notified. Join University of Pennsylvania professor Kathleen M. Brown as she discusses her book Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in America, winner of the Organization of American Historians' Lawrence Levine Book Prize for cultural history and the Society of the History of the Early American Republic Book Prize. Foul Bodies explores early America’s evolving perceptions of cleanliness, along the way analyzing the connections between changing public expectations for appearance Read More

Lecture – “The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.  In the event of inclement weather, this will be a virtual-only event.  Registrants will be notified.  Registration is required.  Log-in information provided at registration. Join historian Don Hagist as he discusses his book The Revolution's Last Men:  The Soldiers Behind the Photographs.  During the Civil War came the realization that only a handful of veterans of the American Revolution still survived.  Six of these men were photographed and interviewed for a book by Reverend E. B. Hillard that appeared late in 1864. Their Read More

Lecture – “A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.  Registration is required.  Log-in information provided at registration. In partnership with the David Center and the American Philosophical Society Francis D. Cogliano will discuss his new book A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic. Cogliao examines the similarities and differences between the two statesmen whose estrangement mirrored key political fissures of the early United States, as the unity of revolutionary zeal gave way to competing visions for the new nation. A Revolutionary Friendship brilliantly captures the dramatic, challenging, and poignant reality that Read More

Fundraising Lecture – Jack D. Warren Jr. – “Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the Revolution”

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

This event is in-person only at the Visitor Center Auditorium. Registration required. Join us for a 1 hour lecture on Jack D. Warren Jr.'s new book on the American Revolution. Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence. It tells the pivotal story of the courageous men and women who risked their lives to create a new nation based on the idea that government should serve people and protect their freedom. Written for Americans intent on Read More

Lecture – Eighteenth Century France and the American Experience

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

This event is online-only! Visitors may attend virtually on Zoom.  Registration is required.  Log-in information provided at registration. In recognition of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 tour of America James Taub, Associate Curator at the Museum of the American Revolution, will examine how French service in the colonies  influenced the future of the empire. We often talk of the French Military during the American Revolutionary War through the lens of Rochambeau and his troops. However, the service of his ‘Expédition particulière’ was a drop in the bucket of the experience of French arms during the years following the Seven Years Read More

Lecture – Brady Crytzer – “The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis”

Virtual PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom. Registration required.  Log-in information provided at registration. Join historian Brady Crytzer as he discusses his book The Whiskey Rebellion:  A Distilled History of an American Crisis. In March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a tax on whiskey to balance America’s national debt. The law, known  as the “Whiskey Act,” disproportionately penalized farmers in the backcountry, while offering favorable tax incentives designed to protect larger distillers. Settlers in Western Pennsylvania bristled at its passage and demanded that Read More

Lecture – “The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History”

Washington Crossing Historic Park 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, United States

This is a hybrid event.  Visitors may attend in-person in the Visitor Center Auditorium or virtually on Zoom.   Registration is required here:   David Center Lecture: "The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History" with Michael Hattem (amphilsoc.org) In partnership with the David Center and the American Philosophical Society, join author Michael D. Hattem as he discusses his book The Memory of '76:  The Revolution in American History. Americans agree that their nation’s origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolution meant. For nearly two hundred and fifty years, politicians, political parties, social movements, and Read More