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Chasing Liberty: Commemorate the Semiquincentennial of America's founding document by exploring the stories of the Revolutionary Era. 

March 2 – May 2, 2026

2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and allows the opportunity to reflect on a long period of revolution in American history. By examining the conditions of people before, during, and after the American Revolution we can reflect on the ways that the ideals and actions of the era (1750-1790) shaped life for all.

Presentations:
3/2/2026              1pm       How America Came to Declare Independence    

3/6/2026              11am     Daily Life Re-enactment & Signing Events             

3/12/2026            11am     Industry & Economy in the Revolutionary Era      

3/14/2026            11am     Revolutionary War Patriots of Southcentral Michigan      

3/20/2026            1pm       The Revolution Comes to Michigan          

3/21/2026            11am     Freedom for Who: Indigenous Nations/American Revolution      

3/24/2026            11am     Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of Africian Americans     

3/24/2026            1pm       How Benjamin Franklin Became a Revolutionary …           

4/8/2026              11am     Redcoats & French Lumbermen

4/10/2026            11am     Rest Easy, the Continentals are on the Fields       

4/11/2026            11am     "It Was I Who Did It" Women's Roles in the American Revolution              

4/15/2026            1pm       Discovering the Frank Brothers in Revolutionary America              

4/16/2026            1pm       The Painter's Fire: Forgotten Artists        

4/17/2026            11am     The Cost of Liberty: A Woman & Her Family         

4/18/2026            11am     The 27th Grievance        

4/25/2026            1pm       Bridging American Wars in Music             

4/28/2026            11am     When the Declaration of Independence was News          

5/1/2026              11am     Whose Revolution Was It? And Whose Is it Today?           

5/2/2026              11am     "the disagreeable situation" Prisoners in the Revolutionary War