Remembering the American Revolution with Michael Hattem
Thu, Mar 12
|Darien Library
Darien Library welcomes Michael D. Hattem, author of The Memory of ’76, as he explores the unique place of the American Revolution in the nation’s history and culture, examining how key events and figures from Connecticut have been remembered and woven into America’s origin story.
Time & Location
Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Darien Library, 1441 Post Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
This program is part of our year-long celebration of 'America 250,' the Semiquincentennial of our country's founding.
Darien Library welcomes Michael D. Hattem, author of The Memory of ’76, as he explores the unique place of the American Revolution in the nation’s history and culture, examining how key events and figures from Connecticut have been remembered and woven into America’s origin story.
Michael D. Hattem is an American historian, with interests in early America, the American Revolution, and historical memory. He received his PhD in History at Yale University and has taught at The New School and Knox College. He is the author of The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History (Yale University Press, 2024), a finalist for the 2025 George Washington Prize, and Past and Prologue: Politics and Memory in the American Revolution (Yale University Press, 2020).
His work has been featured or mentioned in The…