To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series. All events take place at the Cambridge Public Library, and will also be livestreamed.
Consider how Americans understand the material culture of Washington and the Revolution, including art and clothing, featuring: 
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<li>Zara Anishanslin, author of The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution and Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware</li>
<li>Horace Ballard, author of Superfine: George Washington and the Free and Enslaved Men Who Dressed Him (forthcoming) and the Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. Curator of American Art at the Harvard Art Museums</li>
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This speaker series is made possible through the generous support of America's National Parks, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. It is presented in partnership by the National Park Service/Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge MA250.

Objects of Memory: Washington and Material Culture

To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series. All events take place at the Cambridge Public Library, and will also be livestreamed.
Retrace George Washington’s post-inaugural journeys and explore how he sought to unite a fragile new nation, featuring: 
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<li>Peter Drummey, Chief Historian of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Ret.) </li>
<li>Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy, along with many other New York Times bestselling books</li>
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This speaker series is made possible through the generous support of America's National Parks, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. It is presented in partnership by the National Park Service/Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge MA250.

Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series. All events take place at the Cambridge Public Library, and will also be livestreamed.
Explore how Americans have remembered and forgotten Washington’s involvement with slavery over the past 250 years, featuring:  
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<li>Kelli Racine Barnes, Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at Independence National Historical Park </li>
<li>John Garrison Marks, author of Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (forthcoming) and Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History </li>
<li>Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House &amp; Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Tufts University Center for the Humanities</li>
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This speaker series is made possible through the generous support of America's National Parks, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. It is presented in partnership by the National Park Service/Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge MA250.

Washington Remembered, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery

To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series. All events take place at the Cambridge Public Library, and will also be livestreamed.
Explore the 19th century origins of preservation at Mount Vernon, current conservation work, and the estate’s future, featuring: 
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<li>Doug Bradburn, President and CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and co-founder and editor of the book series, Early American Histories </li>
<li>Andrea Sahin, Vice Regent for Massachusetts to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association</li>
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This speaker series is made possible through the generous support of America's National Parks, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. It is presented in partnership by the National Park Service/Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge MA250.

How We Remember, What We Preserve: Washington's Legacy at Mount Vernon

Arts and Culture

Live Music

Guided Tours

Hands-On

Arts and Crafts

Junior Ranger Program

Museum Exhibits

Shopping

Bookstore and Park Store

Architecture and Building

African American Heritage

American Revolution

Arts

Painting

Photography

Poetry and Literature

Sculpture

Enslavement

Industry

Laborer and Worker

LGB American Heritage

Landscape Design

Military

Infantry and Militia

US Army

Native American Heritage

Presidents

Religion and Spirituality

Schools and Education

Social Movements

Abolition Movement

Wars and Conflicts

Colonial/European Contact Conflicts

French and Indian War

American Revolutionary War

Civil War

Spanish-American War

World War I

Cold War

Women's History

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves a remarkable Georgian house whose occupants shaped our nation. It was a site of colonial enslavement and community activism, George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of 19th-century American literature.

Yellow three-story mansion with symmetrical facade. Steps and large lawn in foreground. Framed by br

Front Facade

Fun for All Ages

View of a study with a round center table cluttered with books and writing implements.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Study

A staircase with white balusters and green carpet. A bust of Washington sits at the turn of stairs.

Front Hall

mansion highlighted by the changing colors of fall