Public Program, Author Talk
Revolution Song
Russell Shorto, New York Times Magazine
$10 registration fee per person. (No Charge for MHS Members or Fellows)
$10 registration fee per person. (No Charge for MHS Members or Fellows)
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Registration required at a cost
With America’s founding principles being debated today as never before, Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. Drawing on new sources, he weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. While some of the protagonists play major roles, others struggle no less valiantly. Through these lives we understand that the Revolution was, indeed, fought over the meaning of individual freedom.
There will be a pre-talk reception at 5:30pm.