A Philly Museum Salutes Veterans

From November 10–12, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia will provide free admission for veterans, active and retired Military, and Blue Star families (courtesy of Comcast/NBCUniversal). If you’ve never been to Philadelphia, or to this museum, it is without question worth a weekend trip.

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Museum of the American Revolution. Creative Commons photo by Gordon Makryllos.

Events to Commemorate Veterans Day

Throughout this Veterans Day weekend, the museum will host special programs and tours. Among other activities related to early American soldiers and their families, will be a talk on Friday, November 9th by Russell Shorto. His book Revolution Song highlights six unique people who supported the Revolutionary cause.

Of interesting note, the image  on the cover of Shorto’s book, has also been interpreted in one of the bronze sculptures featured on the exterior of the museum. The sculpture features Emanuel Leutze’s “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” It was designed and donated by Chinese-immigrant and U.S. citizen, artist Ellen Qiong Schicktanz (see the piece here).

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Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1851. Currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

For more information about the events, visit the Museum of the American Revolution website. Or reach out to Visit Philly, for tour and travel information about the City of Brotherly Love.

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