Bookworm #78 – Cheney Schopieray “Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775”

The William L. Clements Library is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the military hostilities that began the American Revolutionary War. The Battles of Lexington and Concord are firmly established in American memory as the culmination of a range of governmental, political, economic, and social tensions that amplified in the decade leading up to 1775. In this exhibit, visitors will have the opportunity to see original historical manuscript letters, documents, newspapers, and artwork that reveal aspects of the bloody work of Empire and individual alike in April 1775.

Join us over Zoom for a conversation with Curator of Manuscripts Cheney Schopieray regarding the curation of this exhibition.