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Revolution Remembered, Stories Forgotten

Museum of the City of New York

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An aerial view of a ballroom with conference attendees mingling
  • The Museum of the City of New York
    1220 Fifth Avenue
    New York, New York 10029
  • 6:30 pm

The American Revolution is one of the most examined and revisited moments in American history. MS NOW journalist Antonia Hylton is joined by Sarah Botstein, director and co-producer of the PBS docuseries The American Revolution; Christopher Brown, professor at Columbia University; and Jonathan Gandelsman, violinist and composer, for a discussion on how the narrative of the American Revolution has been shaped, simplified, and memorialized. By considering what the docuseries reveals and what historical narratives often omit, the program connects questions of memory and meaning by exploring whose stories are preserved, whose are forgotten, and who ultimately controls the way the past is remembered.This program is part of the Revolutionary New York: Then and Now Series.General Admission $40; Members $35. Registration required.