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The David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing is Closing

John Fea   |  May 29, 2019

I was recently contemplating a research trip to the David Library of the American Revolution (DLAR) in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.  I have some left-over professional development money that I need to spend by the end of June and the DLAR...

Attend a Lecture at the David Library of the American Revolution This Fall

John Fea   |  April 27, 2019

What a great lineup! Press release: UPPER MAKEFIELD — The David Library of the American Revolution announced a schedule of educational programs that will be offered free in the library’s lecture hall, 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing. The David Library...

Memories of Washington’s Crossing and the David Library

John Fea   |  June 20, 2017

Some of the first posts I published at The Way of Improvement Leads Home were written in June 2008 while I was a visiting fellow at the David Library of the American Revolution.  My month-long stay at the library remains one of...

And the Winner Is…

John Fea   |  April 1, 2016

You may recall that this morning I posted a picture and asked readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home to guess my location. Wendy Wong Schirmer, a recent early American history Ph.D from Temple University who is starting a post-doc...

The Spring 2016 Lecture Series at the David Library of the American Revolution

John Fea   |  January 15, 2016

The David Library of the America Revolution has announced its Spring Lecture Series, “Fighting and Fulfilling the American Revolution.”  Here is what you can expect: On Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30 PM with “A Sea Change: Naval Warfare in the American...

What You Can Expect at the David Library

John Fea   |  October 26, 2015

First, let me say that I love the David Library of the American Revolution! I was a research fellow at the library several years ago and it was one of the best research experiences of my career.  You can’t beat 24-hour...

The David Library of the American Revolution Releases Its Spring 2015 Slate of Programs

John Fea   |  January 9, 2015

…And it is a star-studded lineup: With the exception of Richard K. Beeman’s lecture on April 22nd,  which will be held at Bucks County Community College, all events will take place in the Feinstone Conference Center at the David Library...

New David Library Fellows Announced

John Fea   |  April 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

Congratulations! James Hill, Ph. D. Candidate, The College of William and Mary – “Creek Resistance and Spanish Restructuring: How Two Peoples Sought to Avert Anglo-American Hegemony in North America, 1763-1818” (dissertation)  David C. Hsiung, Ph. D., Professor, Juniata College – […]

David Library of the American Revolution Winter/Spring 2013 Lecture Series

John Fea   |  December 28, 2012 Leave a Comment

A New Year with a new lecture series… The David Library‘s Winter/Spring 2013 lecture series will take a look at America’s transition from British colonies at war with their motherland, to a new nation making its own laws and creating […]

Does It Get Any Better Than This?

John Fea   |  December 28, 2012

I just ran across this photo today: WHO:  My family (with Joy behind the camera). WHAT: Sorting old baseball cards. WHERE: On the bed in the “attic” (third-floor) bedroom in the Feinstone Residence at the David Library of the American...

Fall Lecture Series at the David Library of the American Revolution

John Fea   |  September 4, 2012 Leave a Comment

Fall Lecture Series: “The Making of the American Presidency” Ray Raphael The series will begin on Thursday, September 27 at 7:30 with Partisanship and the “Electoral College”: What the Founders Didn’t Want and Didn’t See Coming. In this lecture, Ray […]

Sorry I am Going to Miss This: SHEAR 2012 and the DLAR

John Fea   |  July 20, 2012 1 Comment

Tonight the David Library of American Revolution will be hosting a reception at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of the Early Republic (SHEAR) in Baltimore.  At 6:30pm they are asking that all former fellows gather at […]

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