Washington Crossing Historic Park is pleased to host a lecture by Dr. Michelle Craig McDonald on her new book, "Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States". In this fascinating talk, McDonald discusses her book exploring how coffee became central to daily life in colonial America and how coffeehouses emerged as lively hubs for news, debate, and revolutionary ideas. Drawing on the rich collections of the American Philosophical Society, she connects global trade networks to everyday life in Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia’s role as a major international port to the labor systems that supported the coffee trade, including the Read More