The Memory of '76

The American Revolution has cast a long shadow over the nation's politics and culture. Americans agree that their nation's origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolution meant. In The Memory of '76 , Michael D. Hattem uncovers the long and surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries, taking readers on a whirlwind journey across American history as politicians, political parties, social movements, and ordinary Americans constantly reimagine the Revolution to suit the times and their own agendas. In this sweeping take on American history, Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution—including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—have influenced the most important events and tumultuous periods in American history. This book shows how the memory of the Revolution has often done far more to divide Americans than unite them and how revising the past is a long-standing American political tradition.

Computer Science · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society

• Civic morality and the problem of the local in histories of the American and French Revolutions in Charlottesville, Virginia and Besançon in Franche‐Comté, France

  Open Access•Benjamin S Bernard•L’Ordinaire des Amériques•2025

  Add to list

• Le Second Congrès Continental

  Bertrand Van Ruymbeke•Études anglaises•2026

  Add to list