Museum of the American Revolution
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“A nuanced, warts-and-all telling of the American Revolution.” – CBS Sunday Morning. Open daily in historic Philadelphia, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. #HowRevolutionary
James Forten, featured in #AmericanRevolutionPBS, served in the Revolutionary War and became a businessman and abolitionist in Philadelphia. The Forten family Bible, donated to the Museum by his sixth-generation descendants, lists family births, marriages, and deaths since 1839.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
James Forten, featured in #AmericanRevolutionPBS, served in the Revolutionary War and became a businessman and abolitionist in Philadelphia. The Forten family Bible, donated to the Museum by his sixth-generation descendants, lists family births, marriages, and deaths since 1839.
“I was delirious to have a stroke at Tarleton – my wishes are gratified and [I] have given him a devil of a whipping.” — Brigadier General Daniel Morgan
In 1781, Americans earned a swift victory over Tarleton's troops at the Battle of Cowpens. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
In 1781, Americans earned a swift victory over Tarleton's troops at the Battle of Cowpens. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“I was delirious to have a stroke at Tarleton – my wishes are gratified and [I] have given him a devil of a whipping.” — Brigadier General Daniel Morgan
In 1781, Americans earned a swift victory over Tarleton's troops at the Battle of Cowpens. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
In 1781, Americans earned a swift victory over Tarleton's troops at the Battle of Cowpens. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman — I would." – Elizabeth Freeman, 1781
#AmericanRevolutionPBS
#AmericanRevolutionPBS
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God's earth a free woman — I would." – Elizabeth Freeman, 1781
#AmericanRevolutionPBS
#AmericanRevolutionPBS
To counter British naval might, Americans relied heavily on the old tradition of privateering, like John Greenwood and James Forten featured in #AmericanRevolutionPBS.
Explore the Revolutionary War at sea aboard a privateer sloop at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4r9jVgC
Explore the Revolutionary War at sea aboard a privateer sloop at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4r9jVgC
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
To counter British naval might, Americans relied heavily on the old tradition of privateering, like John Greenwood and James Forten featured in #AmericanRevolutionPBS.
Explore the Revolutionary War at sea aboard a privateer sloop at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4r9jVgC
Explore the Revolutionary War at sea aboard a privateer sloop at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4r9jVgC
Joseph Plumb Martin joined the Continental Army when he was 15 and served until the end of the war. In 1830, he published a memoir of his military service and shared the experiences of enlisted soldiers. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
From our collection: https://bit.ly/3GxzA6B
From our collection: https://bit.ly/3GxzA6B
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Joseph Plumb Martin joined the Continental Army when he was 15 and served until the end of the war. In 1830, he published a memoir of his military service and shared the experiences of enlisted soldiers. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
From our collection: https://bit.ly/3GxzA6B
From our collection: https://bit.ly/3GxzA6B
In 1777, Washington led the Continental Army into Valley Forge. One of the most iconic commemorative works on the American Revolution, William B. T. Trego’s March to Valley Forge is on view at the Museum. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
From our collection: https://bit.ly/4oQat00
From our collection: https://bit.ly/4oQat00
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In 1777, Washington led the Continental Army into Valley Forge. One of the most iconic commemorative works on the American Revolution, William B. T. Trego’s March to Valley Forge is on view at the Museum. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
From our collection: https://bit.ly/4oQat00
From our collection: https://bit.ly/4oQat00
Scenes from the 1777 battles of Paoli and Germantown are depicted in these works by Xavier della Gatta in our collection. They were commissioned by British Army officer Richard St. George, who fought in both battles. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
🎨: https://bit.ly/3LMmMMu
🎨: https://bit.ly/3LMmMMu
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Scenes from the 1777 battles of Paoli and Germantown are depicted in these works by Xavier della Gatta in our collection. They were commissioned by British Army officer Richard St. George, who fought in both battles. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
🎨: https://bit.ly/3LMmMMu
🎨: https://bit.ly/3LMmMMu
General Hugh Mercer, featured in tonight’s episode of #AmericanRevolutionPBS by @kenlburns.bsky.social on @pbs.org, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777.
His sword from the battle is on display here at the Museum, on loan from The St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia.
His sword from the battle is on display here at the Museum, on loan from The St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia.
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
General Hugh Mercer, featured in tonight’s episode of #AmericanRevolutionPBS by @kenlburns.bsky.social on @pbs.org, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777.
His sword from the battle is on display here at the Museum, on loan from The St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia.
His sword from the battle is on display here at the Museum, on loan from The St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia.
These embossed metal pieces on display at the Museum adorned the distinctive military headgear worn by Hessian fusiliers — specialized soldiers who served under British command during the Revolutionary War. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
Take a closer look: https://bit.ly/35DnnXS
Take a closer look: https://bit.ly/35DnnXS
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
These embossed metal pieces on display at the Museum adorned the distinctive military headgear worn by Hessian fusiliers — specialized soldiers who served under British command during the Revolutionary War. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
Take a closer look: https://bit.ly/35DnnXS
Take a closer look: https://bit.ly/35DnnXS
Inspired by a public reading of the Declaration, a crowd of soldiers and civilians tore down a statue of King George III in New York City in July 1776. Pieces of the statue were melted down into musket balls, like this one in our galleries via @nyhistory.bsky.social #AmericanRevolutionPBS
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Inspired by a public reading of the Declaration, a crowd of soldiers and civilians tore down a statue of King George III in New York City in July 1776. Pieces of the statue were melted down into musket balls, like this one in our galleries via @nyhistory.bsky.social #AmericanRevolutionPBS
In January 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was published by printer Robert Bell right down the street from the Museum on Third Street. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
In our collection, we have a June 1776 printing from London publisher John Almon, currently on view: https://bit.ly/2RFITWZ
In our collection, we have a June 1776 printing from London publisher John Almon, currently on view: https://bit.ly/2RFITWZ
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In January 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was published by printer Robert Bell right down the street from the Museum on Third Street. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
In our collection, we have a June 1776 printing from London publisher John Almon, currently on view: https://bit.ly/2RFITWZ
In our collection, we have a June 1776 printing from London publisher John Almon, currently on view: https://bit.ly/2RFITWZ
TONIGHT: Join us for our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series!
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social will join us to discuss his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History" and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
See the full 2025-26 season lineup: https://bit.ly/4myQQaS
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social will join us to discuss his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History" and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
See the full 2025-26 season lineup: https://bit.ly/4myQQaS
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
TONIGHT: Join us for our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series!
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social will join us to discuss his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History" and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
See the full 2025-26 season lineup: https://bit.ly/4myQQaS
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social will join us to discuss his book "The Declaration of Independence: A Global History" and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
See the full 2025-26 season lineup: https://bit.ly/4myQQaS
Explore more about Stanton's work and the influence of the Declaration of Independence on the women's suffrage movement on your next visit to "The Declaration's Journey:" bit.ly/3MYjbIm
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Explore more about Stanton's work and the influence of the Declaration of Independence on the women's suffrage movement on your next visit to "The Declaration's Journey:" bit.ly/3MYjbIm
#OnThisDay in 1815, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born.
Stanton was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments. This photograph, courtesy Elizabeth Cady Stanton Family Archive, shows Stanton with two of her sons around the time she attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Stanton was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments. This photograph, courtesy Elizabeth Cady Stanton Family Archive, shows Stanton with two of her sons around the time she attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#OnThisDay in 1815, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born.
Stanton was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments. This photograph, courtesy Elizabeth Cady Stanton Family Archive, shows Stanton with two of her sons around the time she attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Stanton was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments. This photograph, courtesy Elizabeth Cady Stanton Family Archive, shows Stanton with two of her sons around the time she attended the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
This #VeteransDay, watch the Museum's Pension Project videos, featuring living veterans as they read the military pensions of Revolutionary War soldiers to connect the past with the present.
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This #VeteransDay, watch the Museum's Pension Project videos, featuring living veterans as they read the military pensions of Revolutionary War soldiers to connect the past with the present.
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
📽️ Watch online: https://bit.ly/473TChs
Today at the Museum: Join us at 2 p.m. for the premiere of two new films in our Pension Project series as well as a talkback session with the participants, and more throughout the weekend. Free admission for veterans, military courtesy Comcast.
📽️: https://bit.ly/47K01Ac
📽️: https://bit.ly/47K01Ac
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today at the Museum: Join us at 2 p.m. for the premiere of two new films in our Pension Project series as well as a talkback session with the participants, and more throughout the weekend. Free admission for veterans, military courtesy Comcast.
📽️: https://bit.ly/47K01Ac
📽️: https://bit.ly/47K01Ac
Today is #ElectionDay in Pennsylvania!
Women in New Jersey used this ballot box, made from a blueberry crate, to vote in 1868 in a suffrage demonstration. See it on view, on loan from Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society, in our exhibit "The Declaration's Journey."
🗳️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm
Women in New Jersey used this ballot box, made from a blueberry crate, to vote in 1868 in a suffrage demonstration. See it on view, on loan from Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society, in our exhibit "The Declaration's Journey."
🗳️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is #ElectionDay in Pennsylvania!
Women in New Jersey used this ballot box, made from a blueberry crate, to vote in 1868 in a suffrage demonstration. See it on view, on loan from Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society, in our exhibit "The Declaration's Journey."
🗳️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm
Women in New Jersey used this ballot box, made from a blueberry crate, to vote in 1868 in a suffrage demonstration. See it on view, on loan from Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society, in our exhibit "The Declaration's Journey."
🗳️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm
🗳️ The Cross Keys Café will be closed today, Nov. 4, 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: pa.gov/vote
Find your polling place and more voter resources: pa.gov/vote
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🗳️ The Cross Keys Café will be closed today, Nov. 4, 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: pa.gov/vote
Find your polling place and more voter resources: pa.gov/vote
November at the Museum:
🩰 Nov. 7: Ukrainian film screening and ballet performance
🇺🇸 Nov. 8-11: Veterans Day Weekend, free admission to military, veterans courtesy Comcast
📚 Nov. 13: Read the Revolution Speaker Series: David Armitage
🍻 Nov. 21: Tavern Night
Visit: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
🩰 Nov. 7: Ukrainian film screening and ballet performance
🇺🇸 Nov. 8-11: Veterans Day Weekend, free admission to military, veterans courtesy Comcast
📚 Nov. 13: Read the Revolution Speaker Series: David Armitage
🍻 Nov. 21: Tavern Night
Visit: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
November at the Museum:
🩰 Nov. 7: Ukrainian film screening and ballet performance
🇺🇸 Nov. 8-11: Veterans Day Weekend, free admission to military, veterans courtesy Comcast
📚 Nov. 13: Read the Revolution Speaker Series: David Armitage
🍻 Nov. 21: Tavern Night
Visit: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
🩰 Nov. 7: Ukrainian film screening and ballet performance
🇺🇸 Nov. 8-11: Veterans Day Weekend, free admission to military, veterans courtesy Comcast
📚 Nov. 13: Read the Revolution Speaker Series: David Armitage
🍻 Nov. 21: Tavern Night
Visit: https://bit.ly/3pDnjS0
Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775 continues today! Meet the residents of British Philadelphia and experience life in the fall of 1775 as the city was on the road to revolution with costumed historical interpreters, walking tours, and more.
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775 continues today! Meet the residents of British Philadelphia and experience life in the fall of 1775 as the city was on the road to revolution with costumed historical interpreters, walking tours, and more.
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Our Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775 weekend is underway! Join us to discover the fall of 1775 in British Philadelphia with guided walking tours, costumed interpretation, hands-on activities, and more.
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775 weekend is underway! Join us to discover the fall of 1775 in British Philadelphia with guided walking tours, costumed interpretation, hands-on activities, and more.
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Need some last-minute jack-o'-lantern pattern inspiration? Make your #Halloween truly Revolutionary with our downloadable pumpkin carving stencils!
🎃: https://bit.ly/3Tp3TOt
🎃: https://bit.ly/3Tp3TOt
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Need some last-minute jack-o'-lantern pattern inspiration? Make your #Halloween truly Revolutionary with our downloadable pumpkin carving stencils!
🎃: https://bit.ly/3Tp3TOt
🎃: https://bit.ly/3Tp3TOt
🎃 Ever carve a #Halloween jack-o'-lantern out of a turnip?
Early Americans in the Revolutionary era carved turnips — not pumpkins — to ward away evil spirits, like the one in this satirical cartoon. (🖼️: @britishmuseum.bsky.social)
Halloween at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
Early Americans in the Revolutionary era carved turnips — not pumpkins — to ward away evil spirits, like the one in this satirical cartoon. (🖼️: @britishmuseum.bsky.social)
Halloween at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎃 Ever carve a #Halloween jack-o'-lantern out of a turnip?
Early Americans in the Revolutionary era carved turnips — not pumpkins — to ward away evil spirits, like the one in this satirical cartoon. (🖼️: @britishmuseum.bsky.social)
Halloween at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
Early Americans in the Revolutionary era carved turnips — not pumpkins — to ward away evil spirits, like the one in this satirical cartoon. (🖼️: @britishmuseum.bsky.social)
Halloween at the Museum: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
Experience Fall 1775 in British Philadelphia during Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775!
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Experience Fall 1775 in British Philadelphia during Revolutionary Philadelphia: 1775!
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
🍂 Costumed historical interpreters
💰 Family-friendly History Explorer meet-up (best for ages 7-11) Nov. 1
🍵 Member Teatime Nov. 2
🚶 Daily walking tours
Nov. 1-2: https://bit.ly/4o5MnOs
Don't fleam — sorry, we mean scream.
These 18th-century brass lancets in our collection, also known as fleams, were used for bloodletting.
Discover more Revolutionary frights during #Halloween at the Museum on Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
These 18th-century brass lancets in our collection, also known as fleams, were used for bloodletting.
Discover more Revolutionary frights during #Halloween at the Museum on Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Don't fleam — sorry, we mean scream.
These 18th-century brass lancets in our collection, also known as fleams, were used for bloodletting.
Discover more Revolutionary frights during #Halloween at the Museum on Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z
These 18th-century brass lancets in our collection, also known as fleams, were used for bloodletting.
Discover more Revolutionary frights during #Halloween at the Museum on Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/4qvfP1Z