Voices of Revolution Exhibition Opening Reception

Over eight long years, the American Revolution was fought across large swaths of North America and beyond, involving the militaries of at least five nations. It touched the lives and families of nearly everyone in what would become the United States, yet the full scope of who participated in our Revolution and the effects it had on those who fought in it remains less understood. Voices of Revolution will explore the variety of people who participated in the Revolutionary War and some of the battlefields where their paths crossed. From well-known battles at Yorktown and Brandywine to lesser-known engagements like Young’s House, New York, and Pensacola, Florida, the exhibition will use battlefields to explore the human experience—what individuals saw and did, where they came from and why, how the war impacted them, and how they impacted the war—using their words, belongings and likenesses.

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