A pen-and-ink sketch found by the Museum's Matthew Skic features only the second-known depiction of female camp followers of the Continental Army done by an eyewitness. See it on display at the Museum starting this week!

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Huzzah! Happy #WawaDay to celebrate 60 years of Wawa! ☕

A collector of early American art unknowingly owned one of the earliest eyewitness depictions of American troops and their female companions during the Revolutionary War. It will soon go on display in Philadelphia. wapo.st/4cZmb3g

Explore our past special exhibition, Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War, and take a closer look at nationally renowned historical artist #DonTroiani 's artwork from anywhere with our 360-degree virtual tour. #WorldArtDay

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Issued under the authority of the Continental Congress, this example of paper currency in our collection bears the image of an eagle attacking a crane with the Latin motto “EXITUS IN DUBIO EST” (The Outcome is in Doubt). #TaxDay

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#OnThisDay in 1741, Revolutionary War veteran and artist Charles Willson Peale was born.

At the Museum, you'll find a tableau scene depicting the reunion of Charles Willson, who joined the Philadelphia Associators, and his brother, James.

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It's #NationalGardeningDay ! 🌱🌷 In Founding Gardeners, Andrea Wulf writes that the Founders perceived brimming gardens and fertile fields as symbols of America’s prosperity and future potential.

#ReadtheRevolution excerpt: bit.ly/3cSAic2

Explore stories from the Champs-Élysées to Chestnut Street with a French history night at the Museum!

🇫🇷 French history in Philadelphia
🍸 'French 1775' cocktails
✂️ Make a Paper Cockade
🏕️ Witness to Revolution exhibit after hours

April 19: bit.ly/3VbCx20

Christopher Rhodes Greene wore this cockade to celebrate the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to Charleston, SC, in 1825. Greene’s grandfather, Colonel Christopher Greene of Rhode Island, served alongside Lafayette during the Revolutionary War.

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Open on weekends, our family-friendly discovery center, Revolution Place, invites visitors of all ages to learn what life was like in Revolutionary Philadelphia through hands-on exploration in four different immersive environments.

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Take a walk around Revolutionary Old City Philly with a guided walking tour!

With stops to Carpenters' Hall, IndependenceNPS 🇺🇸, and more, join a Museum educator to explore the experiences of everyday people in the Revolutionary era.

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Rereading Stacy Schiff's A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America ahead of @appletv #Franklin ? She joined the Museum to talk about her newest book The Revolutionary as part of our #ReadtheRevolution Speaker Series.

Watch: bit.ly/49yJvSp

With today's premiere of 'Franklin' on Apple TV starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin, we want to know: What other Revolutionary figure would you want to see depicted in a TV series or movie? 🤔

Since 2017, over one million people have seen George Washington’s headquarters tent here at the Museum. We asked a range of people, what does Washington's tent mean to you?

Explore the tent's journey in our newest special exhibition Witness to Revolution. bit.ly/49wa4Ys

It's #NationalPetDay ! 🐾

Did people have pets in the 1700s? How did people share photos of their furry friends without Instagram? Watch the Museum's Dr. Tyler Putman share more about the four-legged friends that were common in the 18th century. bit.ly/3TRr2KZ

Happy #NationalSiblingDay ! With our newest online interactive, read through 17 surviving letters by Isaac How Davenport and James Davenport, two young brothers from Dorchester, Mass., who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

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John Hancock’s bold signature on the Declaration might suggest his radicalism, but, in truth, Hancock positioned himself as a moderate American Revolutionary. In King Hancock, Brooke Barbier describes Hancock as a man who “craved people’s affection.”

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Our friends from the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia brought their #NationalTartanDay celebrations to the Museum this past weekend! 🎶 They kicked off the day on the Museum's plaza with some festive piping by the Society’s Pipes & Drums Band.

📣Calling all Philly-area high school or college students ages 16-21! We are recruiting applicants interested in interpreting the lives of people of African ancestry in the Revolutionary era to our Living History Youth Summer Institute.

Apply by April 11: bit.ly/3p2D0Cm

Planning to (safely!) catch a glimpse of the #SolarEclipse ? ☀️

George Washington sat in the 'Rising Sun Chair' during the Constitutional Convention during which Ben Franklin remarked, “... but now at length I have the happiness to know it is a rising sun and not a setting sun.”