Remembering the Revolution
History and memory of America’s founding, from 1776 to 2026
How have we remembered and retold America’s origin story across the past 250 years? This dynamic collection of resources for college and high school instructors offers innovative approaches to teaching how we’ve reimagined that founding era.
Original
Source
Library
Explore a robust (and growing) library of primary sources, categorized by subject, type, and theme, across the past 250 years of American history.
Current
Conversation
The Revolution isn’t a fixed story but a living memory that we continually shape in our own image. How has each generation, including our own, constructed and claimed this time period?
Teaching
and
Learning
Use these lesson plans to help your students examine the commemorative events, monuments, narratives, and debates that have shaped American historical memory.
