Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Stacy Schiff

In partnership with The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff will join the Museum of the American Revolution on Wednesday, Jan. 31, for a lively discussion with Museum President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson inspired by her most recent book, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, and Adams’s attendance at the First Continental Congress in 1774 at Philadelphia’s Carpenters’ Hall. In 2024, The Carpenters’ Company celebrates their 300th anniversary as well as the 250th anniversaries of the First Continental Congress and the completion of Carpenters’ Hall.

The program will be held in the Museum’s Liberty Hall and will be broadcast live via Zoom. Following an interview with Schiff, Museum President & CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson will facilitate a live Q&A with both onsite and online audiences. Doors open at 6 p.m. for onsite guests to see a featured artifact, enjoy refreshments at a cash bar, and have the opportunity to purchase signed copies of the featured book.