It's #NationalSpaceDay ! 🚀🧑‍🚀 Our exact replica of General George Washington's Headquarters Flag went to space with astronaut John Glenn aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.

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Try your hand at Whist for #ArchivesGames ! One of the most popular card games of the 1700s, Whist is a four-player card game that people played in taverns and around campfires during the Revolutionary War. #ArchivesHashtagParty

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It's #NationalTextilesDay ! 🧵✂️

Join historical tradespeople at the Museum on Saturday, May 18, to do hands-on crafts and activities, see demonstrations of 18th-century skills and trades, and meet the people who made the Revolution in 1770s Philadelphia: bit.ly/4bh0ERW

Happy #TeacherAppreciationDay ! 🍎

The Museum supports teachers with access to educational resources, like our new Timeline of the American Revolution, downloadable lesson plans, professional development workshops, a Virtual Field Trip, and more.

Browse: bit.ly/3KRxSeu

Joseph Plumb Martin, who joined the Continental Army in June 1776, died #onthisday in 1850. Meet a young Martin as he concludes his Revolutionary War service and considers what’s next in a one-man theatrical performance select weekends at the Museum.

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Revolutionary War veteran Joseph Plumb Martin died #onthisday in 1850. In 1830, he published a memoir of his military service and shared the experiences of enlisted soldiers.

Take a closer look with our Timeline of the American Revolution: bit.ly/40JPIqa

May marks #AAPIHeritageMonth !

Join us to explore the contributions made by Asian Americans and the role of trade during the American Revolution with our Meet the Revolution program with historian Daniel Sieh, daily in-gallery talks, and online resources: bit.ly/3UhHa8N

These patriotically-decorated buttons in the Museum's collection are thought to have been first produced for George Washington's presidential inauguration #onthisday in 1789. Download instructions to color your own inaugural buttons!

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#OnThisDay in 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States at Federal Hall in N.Y. These patriotically decorated buttons in our collection were sold as souvenirs of the inauguration.

Learn more on your next visit: bit.ly/2JGRAOT

👀👀 #RedWhiteAndBlueToDo

Matthew Skic, curator of exhibitions at the Museum of the American Revolution and our 2024 State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania Fellow, spent last week in the library mining our resources on John Graves Simcoe, commander of the Queen’s Rangers.

We're excited to join our friends Mount Vernon for their Revolutionary War Weekend May 4-5, where we will set up our recreated Revolutionary War encampment, including handsewn, full-scale replicas of General George Washington's mobile headquarters.

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In a #ReadtheRevolution list, see 5️⃣ books that explore key people connected to George Washington’s tent and were critical to researching and constructing our current special exhibit, Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington's Tent.

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#OnThisDay in 1759, political philosopher and author Mary Wollstonecraft was born. In a tableau at the Museum, the middle figure holds a copy of Wollstonecraft's Rights of Woman as she waits to vote in an 1801 election in NJ.

When Women Lost the Vote: bit.ly/3oO5kvy

It's #InternationalSculptureDay ! Revolutionary War veteran and PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts founder William Rush observed the Marquis de Lafayette at a dinner in 1824 and created a terracotta bust of him.

See this bronze copy in our Witness to Revolution special exhibit: bit.ly/4136uCr

It's #ArborDay ! 🌲 The Liberty Tree at the Museum features a wood fragment from the last surviving Liberty Tree, which stood until 1999. It was one of the Liberty Trees that American colonists used as symbols and gathering places in the 1760-70s.

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Today is #NationalHistoricMarkerDay ! These markers around our Old City Philly neighborhood feature individuals and organizations you can learn more about when you join a Museum educator on a walking tour to explore Philadelphia in the 1700s.

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It's #NationalLibraryWeek ! Did you know our Library Pass Program allows patrons of participating libraries to visit the Museum free of charge? Plus, keep an eye out for the return of our Revolution at the Library program this summer with Free Library of Philadelphia!

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It's the perfect date that's not too hot and not too cold, all you need is a light jacket, like this linen one worn by Revolutionary War veteran Jacob Latch, of Lower Merion, Pa., in the early 1800s. 🧥

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Espionage! John Adams! A connection to our neighbors Am Phil Society! The latest episode of #Franklin on Apple TV had it all. Watch as the Museum's Associate Curator of Exhibition Content and Research James Taub and Family Programs Manager Rebecca Franco share their thoughts.