Today is #NationalBookLoversDay! 📖 Browse our #ReadtheRevolution series for a curated collection of excerpts from exciting, thought-provoking books about the American Revolution. 📚: https://bit.ly/3pej7WY

Cheers to #InternationalBeerDay! 🍻 We've got you covered with tavern mugs, coasters, and more from the Museum Shop. Shop online: https://bit.ly/4bxnN55

#OnThisDay in 1777, the Battle of Oriskany was fought and marked the Oneida's split from the Six Nations Confederacy. Thaonawyuthe, known as Chainbreaker or Governor Blacksnake, and fellow Senecas fought alongside the British against a force of Revolutionaries and Oneida Indians.

#OnThisDay in 1776, 250 years ago today, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. The first copy with the signers' names was printed in January 1777 by a woman named Mary Katharine Goddard. See her broadside on view at the Museum: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm

#OnThisDay in 1776, Jonas Phillips tried to spread the news of American independence to Europe. But a British ship intercepted his message. After 250 years tucked away at the National Archives in the UK, his letter and Declaration broadside have returned to Philadelphia. 📜: bit.ly/3MYjbIm

Did you travel to Philadelphia to celebrate the Semiquincentennial? 🇺🇸 While we’re still marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence all year long, we’re looking back 100 years to 1926 with this postcard in our collection: https://bit.ly/3RzQ6Xn

Roaring into #LeoSeason ♌🦁 These embossed metal pieces featuring a lion once adorned the distinctive military headgear worn by Hessian fusiliers — specialized soldiers who served under British command during the Revolutionary War. On view: https://bit.ly/4fNjMf7

On July 19-20, 1848, in Seneca Falls, 100 men and women signed a Declaration of Sentiments, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. See her desk and a copy of an early printing of the Declaration via @historicalpa.bsky.social in our exhibit "The Declaration's Journey." ✍️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm

The first Black man in the United States to be ordained as a minister, Lemuel Haynes was born #onthisday in 1753. These sketches of Haynes’s life, on view in “The Declaration’s Journey,” describe him as a “patriot of the revolution” who fought for equal rights from an early age.

Revolution swept across the world through the 18th century. "The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789" offers us a unique look into the simmering issues that pushed the people in the French capital to overthrow the king. #ReadtheRevolution excerpt: https://bit.ly/4gI6i5n

This stone, on loan from @museearmee.bsky.social, was salvaged from the Bastille after revolutionaries stormed the medieval fortress. Three portraits were later engraved in the stone, including the Marquis de Lafayette. #BastilleDay On view in The Declaration's Journey: bit.ly/3MYjbIm

#OnThisDay in 1804, Alexander Hamilton died after he was fatally shot by Aaron Burr. Explore the spaces and places that defined Alexander Hamilton’s time in Revolutionary Philadelphia with our "Hamilton Was Here" virtual walking tour: https://bit.ly/40tf2o1 🖼️ Smithsonian NPG

Join an educator to explore our Revolutionary neighborhood with our outdoor guided walking tours! 🚶‍♂️Revolutionary City – Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday at 10 a.m. 🚶‍♂ “The Declaration’s Journey” – Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday at 10 a.m. Tours: https://bit.ly/3Q2VLBm

Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston #onthisday in 1761 as an enslaved child. She became the first female African American published poet with her Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral in 1773, a signed copy of which is in our collection. More: https://bit.ly/36IhIS9

This weekend at the Museum: 🇫🇷 Explore France's pivotal role in American independence in partnership with Bonduelle 🇺🇸 Meet the Revolution with Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment ✨ Double "R" Twirlettes performance Visit: https://bit.ly/4f0onJq

#OnThisDay in 1776, the Pennsylvania Evening Post printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia presented the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. See it on view in "The Declaration's Journey." From our collection: https://bit.ly/46PMm9x

"We hold these truths to be self-evident..." #IndependenceDay #America250

Printer John Holt created 500 broadsides of the now-unanimous Declaration. His printing included the official statement about New York’s support for independence. Copies were sent to the Continental Congress and to government officials across NY (via Brian & Barbara Hendelson).

Copies of the Declaration arrived in Massachusetts on July 13, 1776. Four days later, the Massachusetts Council ordered that it be reprinted, distributed, and read aloud in every church in the state. Ezekiel Russell of Salem printed this broadside (via Mark & Rosalind Shenkman).

Once the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, printings quickly spread through the newly declared United States. Two poster-sized broadside copies of the document are newly on view at the Museum alongside a letter from July 8, 1776, signed by John Hancock.

Today's the day! A birthday party 250 years in the making takes over Philadelphia's Historic District with the Red, White, & Blue To-Do! Celebrate all day with the Pomp & Parade, live music, the all-new Independence Illumination Drone Show, and more: https://bit.ly/3RoLu5j

On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress declared "the United Colonies Free and Independent States.” The next day, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail: "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America." #OTD https://bit.ly/3OTNdfx

The Red, White, and Blue To-Do is back for 2026, and it’s bigger and better than ever! Join 21+ museums, historic sites, and local businesses in Philly’s Historic District on July 2 for the Pomp & Parade, live music, restaurant specials and more. 🎆: https://bit.ly/3RoLu5j

Join us to celebrate #America250 during Declaration Days at the Museum! 🇺🇸 Red, White, & Blue To-Do 📜 Explore The Declaration's Journey exhibit ✍️ Printmaking and papermaking demos with Common Press 🗞️ Meet Mary Katharine Goddard July 1-5: https://bit.ly/4vrdXsR

#OnThisDay in 1778, the Battle of Monmouth was fought near Monmouth Court House. In a #ReadtheRevolution excerpt from Monmouth Court House, Washington receives opposing recommendations from his generals, who disagree on the troops' battle-readiness. 📖: https://bit.ly/3VKWifG

📜 John Trumbull's iconic Declaration of Independence painting, of which there is a bronze sculpture on the side of the Museum, depicts the Committee of Five submitting the draft of the Declaration to Congress #onthisday in 1776. See it on your visit: https://bit.ly/4vrdXsR

What will your #July4th be like? 🎆 With just a week to go, there’s no better place to be this Semiquincentennial summer than the Museum!

#OnThisDay in 1978, Harvey Milk spoke at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day and quoted the Declaration of Independence. A facsimile of the marked-up copy of his speech, on loan from @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social, is on view in our exhibition “The Declaration’s Journey.” ✍️: https://bit.ly/3MYjbIm

Find everything you need for a Revolutionary summer from the Museum Shop! ☀️🛍️ Explore in-store or shop online for everything you need, from apparel and accessories to drinkware and home goods. The shop is open daily during Museum hours or online at shop.amrevmuseum.org

Take a deeper dive into untold stories of the Revolution with our Finding Freedom digital interactive, exploring the stories of enslaved people of African descent who followed different paths to freedom during the Revolutionary War. #Juneteenth Explore: https://bit.ly/38ZUiJQ