Revolutionary NYC

New York City Semiquincentennial Committee

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FREE ZOOM W/Registration: https://t.co/VIJVvQPljR
Let's commemorate Women's History Month with "Remember the #Ladies: Women Printers and the Social Media of the American Revolution" by Dr.@NoraSlonimsky, Director of the Institute for the Thomas Paine Studies.

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Under 2 minute Video: https://t.co/IfOIALHOvp
#OTD 252 Years ago the Boston Massacre happened.
#RevWar #AmRev #BostonMassacre

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#OTD in 1987, Congress passed a resolution designating March as Women’s History Month. The WHM theme for 2022 in NYC is "Providing Healing, Promoting Hope," which recognizes the many ways in which women have provided healing and hope to humanity and continue to do so today.

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Tonight 7pm ET
FREE ZOOM W/REGISTRATION: https://t.co/PfU1LyCp09
"The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis: 1754-1836" by William Larry Kidder.
Host: @FortPlainMuseum
"Jacob's story is one of grit, determination, kindness and friendship" #Blackhistorymonth2022

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#PresidentsDay
#GeorgeWashington: Farmer, Soldier, Statesman, and the only President to be unanimously elected. His Presidency supported the weight of the nation's future, by setting a path for national identity, political balance, military presence, and financial policies.

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Details: https://t.co/GAU0dT3HO9
Join the AHA Society and the @HamiltonGrngNPS for Alexander #Hamilton’s birthday on January 9, 10, & 11, 2021. Events include unveiling an online exhibit, a live conversation with the Curators, and a presentation on the history of the Grange

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Learn about the #Tricorn, one of the most popular and recognizable elements of the Revolutionary War and the 18th Century. #RevWar #AmRev #NYC250th
Source: National Archives | Pieces of History

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Learn about the #Tricorn, one of the most popular and recognizable elements of the Revolutionary War and the 18th Century. #RevWar #AmRev #NYC250th #swag
Source: National Archives | Pieces of History https://t.co/eFTe5sx8ad via @YouTube

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The #BlackBrigade were among the very last to depart as the British evacuated over 3,000 formerly enslaved #BlackLoyalists, liberated by the British, who refused to return them to their American slaveholders as the #TreatyofParis required them to do. #EvacuationDay #RevWar #AmRev

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GEORGE #WASHINGTON ENTERS #NYC ON #EVACUATIONDAY
Entrance of the American army into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783.
Chapin, John Reuben (1823-1894) (Artist)
Greatbach, P. (Engraver)
Publisher: Virtue. Emmins & Co, 1859
Courtesy of the private collection of John Herzog
#RevWar #AmRev

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The Museum of the American Revolution is now temporarily closed to the public through January 1, 2021, in accordance with new guidelines from the City of Philadelphia. All scheduled onsite programs and events during that time will be cancelled or postponed. @AmRevMuseum #RevWar

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This week 1) the @nytimes pointed to a pamphlet that states that #Hamilton was an enslaver and 2) a second pamphlet was published countering these claims. The AHA Society will review them in-depth and provide its own conclusions. Both publications here: https://t.co/dsZvI8YBLG

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#PHILADELPHIA'S #CITYTAVERN CLOSES PERMANENTLY. Established in 1773, City Tavern was where the nation's #FoundingFathers dined, drank & celebrated. Now, it is closing permanently due to #Covid-19.
https://t.co/ijgMMEEhsT

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LINK: https://t.co/19CQWH0SnP
The Lower Manhattan Historical Association, in lieu of its Annual Celebration of the Revolutionary Victories of Saratoga and Yorktown, will host a Virtual Commemoration today October 24 | 4 pm ET via zoom. Event will be recorded. #RevWar #Hamilton

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When President Washington appointed #JohnJay, the court was a blank slate, and his papers provide a fascinating look at the creation of court procedure, much of which survives to this day. For more, see https://t.co/gwmQO6KIju 4/4 #ConstitutionDay

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Documents from the first five volumes of the Selected Papers of #JohnJay are now in #FoundersOnline, adding a seventh major Founding Era figure to the collection. 1/4 #ConstitutionDay

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#JohnJay negotiated the 1794 “Jay Treaty” with Great Britain, and even served two terms as the governor of #NewYork, but above all he is remembered as the first chief justice of the #SupremeCourt. 3/4 #ConstitutionDay

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Today at 12:00 pm ET
#ConstitutionDay #constitutionday2020 #womenshistory #ElizaHamilton #ElizaSchuyler #ElizabethSchuyler #WomenKnowHistory #MaritimeCollege #NYC250th #Twitterhistorians #USHistory @MaritimeCollege

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Eliza Jumel separated from #Burr after four months of marriage. For her divorce lawyer, she chose Alexander #Hamilton Jr., and the divorce was officially completed on Sept. 14, 1836, coincidentally the day of Burr's death. He was buried near his father in Princeton, NJ. 6/6

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#OTD 184 years ago, #AaronBurr, Continental Army Officer, 3rd Vice President, 3rd Attorney General, NY Senator, and lawyer, passed away at age 77 on Staten Island in the village of #PortRichmond; two years after suffering a crippling stroke. 1/6

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On July 1, 1833, at age 77, #Burr married #Eliza Jumel, a wealthy widow who was 19 years younger. They lived together briefly at her residence which she had acquired with her first husband, the @MorrisJumel Mansion in the Washington Heights neighborhood in #Manhattan. 5/6