The David B. Ford Family Lecture America at 250: From Colony to Country
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With Rick Atkinson, Author of The Fate of the Day &
F. Anderson "Andy" Morse, Executive Director of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Explore the American Semiquincentennial with Rick Atkinson and F. Anderson Morse, while they discuss the causes, consequences and characters of the war that gave birth to our nation.
Atkinson is author of “The British Are Coming” and “The Fate of the Day,” the first two volumes in a projected trilogy about the Revolution. The New York Times in reviewing the latter book wrote, “There is no better writer of narrative history than the Pulitzer Prize-winning Atkinson,” and the Wall Street Journal added that he “provides amazing detail and masterful staging.”
Rosecliff
548 Bellevue Ave
Newport, RI 02840
July 30, 2026
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Book sales and reception will take place after the lecture.
F. Anderson "Andy" Morse, Executive Director of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati
Explore the American Semiquincentennial with Rick Atkinson and F. Anderson Morse, while they discuss the causes, consequences and characters of the war that gave birth to our nation.
Atkinson is author of “The British Are Coming” and “The Fate of the Day,” the first two volumes in a projected trilogy about the Revolution. The New York Times in reviewing the latter book wrote, “There is no better writer of narrative history than the Pulitzer Prize-winning Atkinson,” and the Wall Street Journal added that he “provides amazing detail and masterful staging.”
Rosecliff
548 Bellevue Ave
Newport, RI 02840
July 30, 2026
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Book sales and reception will take place after the lecture.
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548 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840-4118, United States
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