Wishing all students & teachers a happy 2023-24 back to school season! We invite students of the #americanrevolution of all ages to learn more about our independence, republic, national identity & highest ideals at bit.ly/3YPWg7q

#OTD 8/23/1754, Louis-Auguste, who would become King Louis XVI, was born in France. Watch Prof. Julia Osman explain how his role as the “Liberating King” supporting the #AmRev provoked the #FrenchRevolution and landed him at the guillotine: bit.ly/3sqRjG4

Meet Constance Nestor, Ph.D. candidate at the @StirUni, a 2023 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Fellow. Her research surrounds Scottish immigrant military contributions to the American armies and British regiments during the #RevWar.

#OTD, 8/25/1777, and after an arduous month at sea, British general Sir William Howe disembarked his army at the Head of Elk, Md., before beginning his march north to capture Philadelphia. Capt. Archibald Roberton, a British engineer, provided this sketch in his diary.

Register now to attend the presentation of the 2023 Society of the Cincinnati Prize to Friederike Baer of @PSUabington and her book Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, on Fri., 9/8 at 6:00 pm. Learn more & register: bit.ly/3ONUkHR

The Japanese war mission of 1917 came to DC to court US support during WWI, and on Aug. 29 their delegation came to dinner at Anderson House. See more about the history of diplomacy at our headquarters in our exhibition Affairs of State: bit.ly/3J3e0W3.

Next Tues., 9/5 at 6:30 pm! Join us for an author’s talk featuring Christopher Minty, Ph.D., of @UVA discussing his recent book, Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City. Learn more & register: bit.ly/3qZqrwd

Next Wednesday, September 6, is the last day to register for our battlefield tour exploring the Battle of Monmouth with award-winning historian @HerreraMilHis! Don’t forget to sign up so you don’t miss out! Register at: bit.ly/3O0pg7v

This week the library welcomed the 2023 Society of the Cincinnati French Scholar, Constantin Hudault, who studied the Society’s influence on the diplomatic, military, and cultural relationship between American and France during the post-Revolutionary War era.

Our library is offering several research fellowships to graduate students and advanced scholars of early American history for 2024! We’re excited to continue welcoming scholars who will use the library collections to support their work. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/3QDScl3

Our fall calendar of historical programs kicks off on September 5! Highlights from our upcoming programs include several author’s talks, a panel discussion, and a lecture commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Explore them all here: bit.ly/47ZdvHl

OTD in 1783, America celebrated official independence from Britain when the Treaty of Paris was signed. Lead negotiator, Ben Franklin, wrote: “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” Learn about Franklin’s diplomatic legacy & the American republic at: bit.ly/3lQuxV7

#OTD, 9/5/1781, the Battle of the Capes occurred, resulting in a French victory at sea. This French map from our collections presents land and sea actions throughout the Yorktown campaign, and includes the aftermath of the Battle of the Capes. Learn more: bit.ly/3r9vE4F

Today is the last day to register for our upcoming battlefield tour exploring the Battle of Monmouth with award-winning historian @HerreraMilHist ! Don’t miss your chance to join us for this unique experience! Learn more and register: bit.ly/3O0pg7v

Maj. Gen. Edgar Erskine Hume was one of the most decorated US medical officers, and the SOC officer who gave Churchill the Eagle insignia. Michael Blayney’s recent gift of family papers, inspired by our exhibition Affairs of State, makes up the new Edgar Erskine Hume Collection.

#OTD, September 9, 1776, “these United Colonies” officially changed their name by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress, affirming that “the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.” #USA