The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Sunday, March 12, 2023 4:00PM

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Sunday, March 12, 2023 4:00PM

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

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As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, we have the great opportunity to reflect on the milestone moments that propelled us to American Independence, including March 12, 1773, when Virginia formed its Committee of Correspondence and established a new national dialogue. Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and others gathered at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg to pen a resolution for the establishment of a “standing committee of correspondence and inquiry.” These Virginians had a vision to bring unity to the thirteen colonies of North America.

Join us as we mark this important anniversary with an exclusive lecture featuring one of the newest books about the founding era by Stacy Schiff, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.  

Stacy Schiff is the author of Vera, which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and Saint-Exupéry: A Biography, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize. A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America (2005) won the George Washington Book Prize. Her most recent book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, was named one of The Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2022. 

The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

Program Notes:

• A light reception will follow the lecture.
• Attendees are invited to meet the author at the book signing immediately following the lecture.
• Copies of the book are available for pre-order at ShopVirginiaHistory.org. 
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