So then we started talking about, well, why is that the case . Obviously, it has to do with the members being descendents of people who supported the American Revolution, but they survived until they were given to us in the late 19th and early 20th century. Then we started talking about how the American Revolution was remembered. Thats why we came up with the title and with the theme of the rememberingbout the American Revolution through these objects. Some people might ask, why do we start in 1776 when the revolution actually started in 1775, with lexington and concord . The reason why is, we decided 1776 was when the declaration of independence was signed, and that was when the fortunes of the revolutionaries were really put down on paper. People could look at the declaration and say these people are involved. Called an could be uprising or an armed conflict, but now this is a revolution. There is a stated reason why this is happening. That is why we start at 1776. We go to 1890 mainly because of the anniversary of the dar. We will get to that later. Also, it encompasses the 19th century, where most of our concepts of the American Revolution, our imagery is really being formed and take root. It is a process of both marketing and the significance of the revolution and the significance of the memory and tying us back to that time period. I want to show you a few things. We have the exhibition divided into three sections. We have over 130 objects in this exhibition. It took some doing, deciding which objects to include and not to include. We have more objects, but some of them were too fragile to exhibit. Even with that, we have over 130 items. Some of things as small as pen or a button and some things as large as an American Flag and a sofa. It was a bit of a challenge to put that altogether and to make it make sense to visitors. I would like to show you a few things that i think that are very interesting in the exhibition. Of course, we cant talk about all 130, but you really should see the exhibition to see everything. I am sure that you will pick something that you will like that i did not talk about. In the first section, we have some subsections. This subsection we call a reminder of the war. These are things that revolutionary war soldiers owned or created or carried during the war. One of my favorite items is this wallet. Men and women carried wallets like this during the 18th century to keep paperwork as well as money altogether in their pocket. This wallet was owned by Corporal Christopher kettley of pennsylvania. It was probably made by a female Family Member for him. It is very colorful, as was the custom and popularity at the time. It was saved by his family, and inside of it, it includes his oath of allegiance. He signed it in 1778. So from the revolution, we have his wallet and in the oath of allegiance that he signed as well. It was kept together through all of these years. It is a piece of paper that some people carried with them. Others did not. During this time period, you wanted to be able to identify yourself as a friend or a foe. When some people come to the dar museum, because we are the daughters of the revolution, they think that perhaps they are going to see a lot of revolutionary war items. In fact, that is not the case. The museum was started to preserve early american objects. So it wasnt defined as an American Revolution museum, which means that, surprisingly enough, we do not have a lot of militaria in the collection. It is a womans organization. So they saved a lot of what was meaningful to them, but also what they had. If a woman came from a family, and she had a brother, odds are probably greatgreatgrandfathers revolutionary war musket went to the brother and she got an item like a teapot or something more gender specific to her. But we do have this musket in the collection. It was joined it was only by john mckee. It is a charleville musket, which means that it was made in france. It was likely brought to us with the marquis de lafayette when he came to support the American Revolution. What is interesting about the musket is that on its butt at a later date was engraved or stamped, actually, greatgrandfather john 1756 to 1831, which identifies it as john mckees musket and connects it directly to the American Revolution. The dates are his life dates. What else is interesting about the musket is, if you know anything about firearms, you can see it is not in its original condition. At some time, it was modified. The stock was cut down, so you see the barrel extending way beyond the stock. This may have been done in the 19th century or after the revolution to make it lighter and more manageable to use as a hunting weapon instead of a military weapon. Over here in this case, we have werems that we call touched by greatness. These items include some clothing. Pieces of clothing. The waistcoat at the end is quite elaborate. It is silk, handembroidered, definitely not something you saw on the battlefield. It was owned and worn by joseph warren. Major general joseph warren. He was the leader of the boston sons of liberty. He was the person who dispatched paul revere on his famous ride. He was considered one of the first martyrs of the revolution. He was killed at the battle of bunker hill in 1775. Some of the other clothing objects in this case includes this coat. This coat was saved, because it was thought to be a coat from the American Revolution, a soldiers uniform coat, when in fact it is from the early 19th century. We included this, because it was saved for its believed relationship to the American Revolution. We have a few items like that in the exhibition, because it wasnt necessarily saved because it was in the revolution, but people believed it was. They were searching for something to tie themselves to the American Revolution. This object did that for them. It does look like a uniform of the Continental Army, it has the right colors, it has generally the right kind of cuts, but it is probably from around 1810. The other connection to the revolution is not just the mystic and identity, but the fact that after the revolution, they did not want a the mistaken identity, but the fact that after the revolution, they did not want standing army. They we not in favor of a standing army. Many militia throughout the new states grew up. Many militias adopted the Continental Army uniform as their uniform. So variations of the blue comes up in militia uniforms. It is a nod back to the revolution. It has this kind of a very tangled story that goes along with it, but we wanted to feature this, when in fact, we know that there are only two uniforms known to exist that were actually documented to have been worn during the revolution. No exhibition about the American Revolution could be had, we do not think, without some discussion of washington. George washington was a universally liked individual. Very unique, i think, in American History. Im sure that he had his detractors. But we do not hear a lot about that. We do hear about his exploits. He is a hero, father of the country. And we have objects that relate to him specifically. One of the very interesting is a life we have mask of washington. It was created by don, the original being at mount vernon. But this mask was created in the 1830s by who we believe was au gust glency, who was advertising lenci,time 00 auguste who was advertising at the time he had the mold from houdon and was making plaster busts and this is one of those made from washingtons life mask. This one was made for the artist lutes, who painted the famous Washington Crossing the delaware painting in the 19th century. It has a really interesting art connection to the revolution, as well as you are looking at what washington actually looked like. Because the life mask was taken from his face. We finish this section with the inauguration of washington. Washington is elected president in 1789. He is, of course, inaugurated in new york city. One of the interesting items that i find is these inaugural buttons. These souvenirs. We have several inaugural buttons in our collection. We chose to display here in this exhibition. We have them arranged on the items that they may have been worn, in a manner in which they may have been worn at the time. These are large buttons. A gentleman could put these buttons on his coat, if he wanted to, if you wanted to buy a whole set. But typically, these kinds of commemorative buttons were bought in singles, maybe doubles, and placed on a hat like this, holding up the edge to create a tricorn hat. Or on a rosette that could be then worn either on a hat or a coat to show your support of the new government and new president. These two then items are interesting, because they include some wording that reaches back into the earlier history of the country being a colony, because one of these god save the president , instead of god save the king. There were commemorative items for the coronation of kings in england. Because so many of our customs come from england, that might be the case. I suppose you could say you couldnt really call these campaign buttons, because these are for the inauguration and the campaign was over. , for washington and early president s, campaigning was not part of the equation yet. So they are literal buttons. Pins, but a real buttons of the are sewn on and used in a commemorative manner. So there is a connection but not with our modern usage of campaign buttons. Over here, we have a gown that was worn to washingtons inaugural ball. Waterburyn by molly from connecticut. Her father was a general in the Continental Army. And whats interesting about this gown is it has been changed very little over the intervening two centuries. But the family literally is connected to the revolution when daughters, coming down in successive generations, wore the gown and had their pictures taken in it. The donors of this gown to the collection only gave it to us about five years ago. So through all of that time, they kept it safe, taking it out to have a female Family Member put it on and have her picture taken. They provided the photographs as well. We have one from the 1920s. Classic 1920s. The woman even put on a white wig from that one. We have one from the 1950s with the classic 1950s era hairstyle. You can tell exactly what she was doing. And we have several from the 1980s. We have, throughout the 20th century, examples of members of this family wearing this gown only once and having their picture taken. Now we are interested with it to preserve it for the rest of our time here. So it is a wonderful silk damasc gown. We are very happy to have. We are entering the second section of our exhibition, the 19th century. We start it with the death of washington. In 1799, washington dies at mount vernon. That leads to a nationwide period of mourning. It was something that happened spontaneously. Was circulated that the former president was dead, people from around the country had funerals, parades, and created items to remember the former president and very popular hero of the revolution. So in this section, we discuss some of that literal remembering and commemorating of washington himself. One thing that stands out at this time period is this creation of this imagery of the apotheosis. The apotheosis is an old concept. It goes back to ancient times, where a warrior is made godlike by lifting him up and celebrating him. So what we start seeing is, for example, on this jug made in staffordshire, england, is an image of washington. You see him with his arms outstretched, being taken up to heaven by angels. In the corner, we have, sacred to the memory of washington. We have objects like this jug or pitcher. Have a large print, showing the same imagery, showing him being taken up to heaven. This is a language that 19th century americans understood. Their educations, their context takes them back to ancient greece and rome. They understood these symbols that are being used to celebrate washington. So we have objects being made so that people could purchase them and hang them in their homes to remember him and to mourn him as well. I find it interesting that this jug, for instance, and many of the ceramics in the exhibition , is coming from england at this time. Business people in england, just like with every country not everyone was necessarily supportive of what their government was doing at the time. Peopleave english supportive of the revolution, though at the time, during the revolution, they probably did not talk about it too much. But as business people, they saw an opportunity. A new market. Now it isnt just another colony, it is a market. So they start making consumer goods that would be attractive to americans. And what is attractive to americans . Washington is attractive to americans. So we have these objects that show washington both in a mourning context, but also just as a decorative motif on objects. Further into the 19th century, we have what i think is one of the most interesting things about this time period. The creation of imagery of the founding fathers, in particular, relating to the revolution that continues to this day. When we think of George Washington, we immediately get a picture in our heads. And that picture was created at this point in time in the 19th century. When we are talking we have a section called cult of the founders. Because after washington dies, and as the 19th Century Moves on, people are looking for images, personalities relating to the revolution. They are remembering people, people are starting to die who were directly involved. That includes the founders, but not just the founders. But the men and the women who helped fight and win the revolution. They are starting to die. So people are looking beyond washington for images. But what we find, what i find interesting, is that the image of washington is created, as well as the image of what we consider as a founding father, that image created during the early part of the 19th century. We have a portrait here of George Washington that was painted, likely, in france. It doesnt exactly look like george. Not our imagery of george. We might say that kind of looks like George Washington, but it also kind of looks like a french officer. The image that we see of george and we imagine of george comes down to us through rembrandt peel, who created this portrait of washington that takes your attention right away when you come to this section. Peel paints washington in the 1790s for the first time, then he continues to paint washington. He paints 70 portraits of porthole portraits of washington during his lifetime. Some of these portraits show him in military uniform, like this one. Some of them show him in civilian clothing, as president. But this is the portrait, this is the image of washington that most people think of when someone says George Washington. This painting dates to around 1850. It is one of the later versions. But peel found that this was a lucrative enterprise, so painting 70 of them was Good Business for him. Over here, we have some of the other founders. Because it is not just about washington. In the early 19th century, we see discussion and remembrance and commemoration of other founders that were influential in the revolution. One of them, of course, is benjamin franklin. Thisve this print and also medallion that show franklin in his coonskin cap that he liked to wear, particularly over in france as a symbol of being from america, being an american. So this image of franklin, with his round spectacles on and his cap, start to become another image of the American Revolution, of a revolutionary. An early american gentleman, of a founding father. We have these types of objects, and of course, these are all consumer objects. There are things that people bought, because they wanted to have an image of franklin in their homes. Again, these were all created for sale. I think that is also something that we are talking about in the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution starts to really take hold and things could be created in larger and larger quantities, which means that they are more affordable to people, more people can purchase items. Business people are looking for ways to make things that are attractive to americans. And again, they are looking for other images. Washington is wonderful, but what about these other people . So we have things with franklin, items with images of Thomas Jefferson on the. And other revolutionaries. We hope visitors take from the exhibition several things. One, that this remembering of the American Revolution really is an ongoing process. But also the saving of items. People, what do you save . We do not have any items to show you if families did not save things. Saving and collecting are really two different things. We talk about the collecting of relics, but primarily what we see here are items that have been saved. They were saved all the way from the American Revolution, but also they were saved from the 19th century because of some connection. Either the imagery, or the connection to a relative to the American Revolution. The act of saving is another message that we would like people to come away with. Of course, we want them also to appreciate the fact that these images of our founders are the ones that we have today. And also the fact that we are happy to have these objects here. That the daughters of the American Revolution have created this museum to come in fact, save these things and share this was part one of a twopart look at remembering the American Revolution. 2016 continues its travel to visit winners from this years student camp competition. We recently visited spanishs high school. Horsentary on the wild population entitled wildhorse management. 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