Museum of the American Revolution

Michael Fabriczy Kováts by Zoltán Árpád Pintér is the first new scholarly biography of Kováts published in nearly 40 years. Kováts and Casimir (or Kazimierz) Pulaski introduced the hussar tradition to Washington’s Continental Army. #ReadtheRevolution: bit.ly/44KHYZ7

Join a Museum educator on a guided outdoor walking tour to explore our Revolutionary @OldCityDistrict neighborhood and stop by historic sites like our friends @CarpentersHall, @ChristChurchPHL, and many more. Offered Daily: bit.ly/3Q2VLBm

Continue exploring the American Revolution beyond the Museum walls with our day trip itineraries! 📍🗺️ Begin your journey at the Museum, then use our guides to explore some of the region's iconic historical sites including Valley Forge and more: bit.ly/45kOmbg (📷 NPS)

Roaring into #LeoSeason ♌🦁 These embossed metal pieces featuring a lion once adorned the distinctive military headgear worn by Hessian fusiliers — specialized soldiers who served under British command during the Revolutionary War. Take a closer look: bit.ly/35DnnXS

The Seneca Falls Convention began #onthisday in 1848, calling for women's equality and suffrage. Less than 100 years before, women and free people of color legally held the vote in New Jersey. Explore more with our When Women Lost the Vote online exhibit: bit.ly/364JZkV

#OnThisDay in 1848 in Seneca Falls, 100 men and women signed a Declaration of Sentiments, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. See her desk and a copy of an early printing of the Declaration via @historicalpa in our exhibit The Declaration's Journey. ✍️: bit.ly/3MYjbIm

Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones died #onthisday in 1792. Along with Commodore John Barry, Jones is remembered as a Father of the American Navy. Explore Scotland's role in the American Revolution and meet key Scottish players, like Jones:󠁳󠁣󠁴 bit.ly/3AC0Yuu

Lemuel Haynes, born #onthisday in 1753, was the son of an African American man and a white woman. A veteran of the Revolutionary War, he became the first Black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister. During the war, he wrote extensively criticizing slavery.

Join us July 18-20 at @dey_mansion where we will set up our First Oval Office Project, a recreated Revolutionary War encampment. This special weekend will include demonstrations to clean muskets, prepare meals, drill for battle, and more. ⛺: bit.ly/4eTTQfN

Take your chances with this 1776 lottery ticket this #NationalLotteryDay. This $10 lottery ticket in our collection, one of 100,000 printed, could win the holder between $20 and $10,000 and help fund the Continental Army. See more on your next visit: bit.ly/3acQM11

It's #WorldSnakeDay! 🐍 The regimental flag of the 2nd Spartan Regiment marked its position on the battlefield and shows a “spartan dog” and a rattlesnake. Revolutionaries often used the rattlesnake to symbolize American resistance. Banners of Liberty: bit.ly/3WXA5MD

YPCC 2025 is underway in Philadelphia! Yesterday 54 students &teachers learned about "Restoring the Revolution at Carpenters' Hall" w/Villanova professor Dr. Whitney Martinko, toured @amrevmuseum & Independence National Historical Park, and enjoyed dinner at City Hall🇺🇸 #YPCC2025

France helped make the victory of the United States possible. Ideas about liberty and equality helped inspire the French Revolution and independence movements in French colonies for generations after 1783. #BastilleDay France and the American Revolution: bit.ly/3uMtw1y

Happy #BastilleDay! 🇫🇷 This discharge is for Charles François, who served in both the American and French Revolutions. He joined the Régiment de Bourbonnais in April 1777 and served with them during the American Revolution. He was wounded in service in 1793 and discharged after.

Brought to England as a war trophy, this Delaware Militia flag, courtesy @thisisdehistory, is often known as the “Dansey Flag” after Capt. William Dansey, the British Army officer who captured it in September 1777. #NationalDelawareDay Banners of Liberty: bit.ly/4ktbAQr

#OnThisDay in 1804, Alexander Hamilton died after he was fatally shot by Aaron Burr. Explore the spaces and places that defined Alexander Hamilton’s time in Revolutionary Philadelphia with our "Hamilton Was Here" virtual walking tour: bit.ly/40tf2o1 🖼️ @smithsoniannpg

In The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence, historian David Waldstreicher takes the reader on a journey through Phillis Wheatley’s remarkable life. #ReadtheRevolution excerpt: bit.ly/3PiVZGB

Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston #onthisday in 1761 as an enslaved child. She became the first female African American published poet with her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773, a signed copy of which is in our collection. More: bit.ly/36IhIS9

This weekend at the Museum, meet living historian Daniel Sieh to explore the lives of Asians in the U.S. in the 18th century as part of our Meet the Revolution series. July 12 and Aug. 30: bit.ly/3ykGTXv

Join a Museum educator on a guided outdoor walking tour to explore our Revolutionary @OldCityDistrict neighborhood this month! 🚶 Offered daily: Revolutionary City walking tour 🚶 July 12: The Public Universal Friend walking tour Book a tour: bit.ly/3Q2VLBm