Book Talk: When the Declaration of Independence Was News

Join the Harriton Association for this engaging presentation by Emily Sneff, PhD who will discuss, as the title of her book suggests, how news of the Declaration of Independence spread around the Colonies and around the Atlantic world. There will be a reception and an opportunity to meet Dr. Sneff following her presentation. She will also have her book available for purchase.

The program begins at 6:00 p.m. and we ask that you arrive early for general admission seating. The Vaux Family Education Center in the Bank Barn Administration Building is accessible and designated handicapped parking is available directly outside the building.

Tickets are $10 per person with discounted tickets at $8.00 for members of the Harriton Association.

Publishing for the 250th anniversary of the United States, When the Declaration of Independence Was News focuses on the nation’s founding document at the moment of its creation in 1776, before anyone knew what the legacy of the Declaration would be or if the United States would win the war against Great Britain. It explores how the Declaration was communicated to people in the new nation and around the Atlantic world and reveals the stories of the many people involved in the process of declaring independence, from printers to soldiers to diplomats to translators.

Emily Sneff, Ph.D., is an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence. She is a consulting curator for exhibitions marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration at the Museum of the American Revolution and Historic Trappe.