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Revisiting the Founding Era: What Teachers Never Told Us About the American Revolution
Date and Time
Friday Jan 18, 2019
10:30 AM - 11:30 PM PST
Friday, January 18
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Location
Shelton Timberland Library
710 W Alder St
Shelton, WA 98584
Website
Contact Information
360.426.1362
Description
Discover the American Revolution you never learned about in school. Why did Native Americans and African Americans support the British? How did a Muslim general come to fight the British with a French ally named Admiral "Satan"? Why did the fighting spread around the world, from Hudson Bay to South America, India to Africa, Arkansas to Gibraltar?
Author Don Glickstein explores rarely heard perspectives on the war in his illustrated talk, and links aspects of the war to our home state of Washington. Hear stories from the war, discover the reasons the Revolution matters to us today, and learn why the study of history can help us understand the 21st century's war on terrorism.
Revisiting the Founding Era is a three-year national initiative of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, presented in partnership with the American Library Association and the National Constitution Center, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant provides 100 public libraries across the country the opportunity to use historical documents to spark public conversations about the Founding Era’s enduring ideas and themes and how they continue to influence our lives today.