Freeman at the Concord Museum, 6 Nov.

On Friday, 6 November, the Concord Museum will host Joanne Freeman, the Alan Boles, Class of 1929 Professor of History at Yale.

The event description promises:

a compelling exploration of the Revolutionary era and the ideas, conflicts, and personalities that shaped the founding of the United States.

Drawing on her extensive research into early American politics and public life, Freeman will examine how debates over power, democracy, and citizenship continue to resonate today. This engaging conversation offers new perspectives on the people and choices behind the nation’s beginnings.

Freeman is known for her award-winning books Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic and The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War. Her 2010 lecture course on the American Revolution can be watched here, and the 2025 course on America at 250 that she taught with David Blight and Beverly Gage is preserved here.

A seat for Freeman’s appearance at the Concord Museum costs $10, but is free to members and to people tuning in online.