New Exhibit Grand Opening
May 28 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
This exhibit invites visitors to look beyond familiar Revolutionary icons and consider the human cost of independence: strained loyalties, broken relationships, and the challenge of maintaining community in a time of upheaval. Grand opening reception on Saturday, May 28, followed by a Speaker Series event with author Emily Sneff (When The Declaration of Independence Was News).
The American Revolution was not only fought on battlefields, it was lived in the spaces where people gathered, worshiped, and struggled to remain whole.
Hours: 11am – 3pm daily
Exhibit Preview: Now – May 28
Grand Opening: May 28 at 5:30pm (with author Emily Sneff at 6:30pm)
Exhibit Preview: Now – May 28
Grand Opening: May 28 at 5:30pm (with author Emily Sneff at 6:30pm)
Key artifacts and documents from the period will be on display in cases in Neighborhood House and Christ Church, complimented by a virtual exhibit. Some because of light sensitivity, artifacts will rotate. Featured items include a Book of Common Prayer (1766) in which prayers to the Royal Family were crossed out in July 1776, a fragment of the coat of arms of King George III and a blank page in the marriage register during the British occupation of the city in 1777-1778.
