BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UM Clements Library - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://clements.umich.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for UM Clements Library REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260402T183000 DTSTAMP:20260604T042133 CREATED:20260309T182641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T182648Z UID:10000512-1775149200-1775154600@clements.umich.edu SUMMARY:Rethinking Patriotism: Forging a New Civic Identity DESCRIPTION:What does patriotism mean in today’s America? Join Eric Liu\, founder of Citizen University\, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility. The program will feature a keynote address by Liu\, followed by a panel discussion on public service\, democracy\, and national identity. Throughout the evening\, a musical performance inspired by the national anthem will offer moments of reflection and underscore the evening’s exploration of shared values and civic identity. The panel will include Jenna Bednar\, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Eric Veal\, Jr.\, President of the Central Student Government. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now! URL:https://clements.umich.edu/event/rethinking-patriotism/ LOCATION:Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Amphitheater Fourth Floor\, 915 E Washington St\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:America 250,Discussion,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Digital-Sign-Rethinking-Patriotism.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260331T173000 DTSTAMP:20260604T042133 CREATED:20260324T145903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T145915Z UID:10000514-1774972800-1774978200@clements.umich.edu SUMMARY:Exploring US@250 DESCRIPTION:Please join the William L. Clements Library and U.S.@250 for a student panel and reception\, hosted in the historic Avenir Foundation Reading Room. Student curators will discuss their experiences in creating a public-facing exhibit documenting various ways that people have celebrated the Fourth of July throughout history. From navigating the complexities of memorializing national holidays to the logistics of creating an exhibit\, the students and Dr. Scott Larson will consider the opportunities that the 250th anniversary of the Revolution provides for projects like this one.\n \nAfter the panel\, a reception will be hosted in the beautiful and historic Avenir Foundation Reading Room. The current exhibit\, Revolutionary Paine\, will be available for viewing. URL:https://clements.umich.edu/event/exploring-us250/ LOCATION:William L. Clements Library\, 909 South University Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:America 250,Discussion,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Exploring-US@250-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260329T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260329T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T042133 CREATED:20260121T193004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T193015Z UID:10000493-1774792800-1774800000@clements.umich.edu SUMMARY:Grosse Pointe Artists Association - Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775 DESCRIPTION:Reconciliation between England and the 13 colonies was failing. Parliament had declared Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion\, and on April 14 General Thomas Gage received secret orders from England to suppress the rebels. On the night of April 18\, Gage sent 700 British soldiers to Concord to seize patriot supplies there. At dawn the British reached the town of Lexington\, just east of Concord\, where they found 70 American militiamen waiting for them on the village green. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Warned of the British troop movement\, the Lexington patriots had assembled in an effort to halt British progress toward Concord. Both sides stood their ground\, and in a tense moment\, a shot was fired. Though it’s unclear which side\, British soldier or American patriot\, fired that first “shot heard ’round the world\,” history remembers it as the start of the American Revolutionary War. \nCurator of Manuscripts at the Clements Library Cheney Schopieray\, who developed a recent exhibition titled “Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775\,” will help us relive this pivotal time in American history. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Purchase tickets URL:https://clements.umich.edu/event/bloody-work/ LOCATION:Alger House on the War Memorial Campus\, 32 Lake Shore Dr.\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, 48236\, United States CATEGORIES:America 250,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/69372593841fbc44a10fdc12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260326T173000 DTSTAMP:20260604T042133 CREATED:20260120T201244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T201251Z UID:10000491-1774540800-1774546200@clements.umich.edu SUMMARY:Drinking the Revolution Series - Taverns and the Post-Revolutionary Republican Experiment DESCRIPTION:In Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States\, Kirsten Wood explores how Americans’ use taverns in their pursuits of happiness helped flesh out the evolving meaning of citizenship in the young United States. In this talk\, she looks at the years following the Revolutionary War\, when Americans continued to use their neighborhood taverns as sites for gathering and political mobilization. The scope and significance of practices that had been so central to the revolutionary struggle shifted in the early republic\, as Americans wrestled with the promise and problems of republican self-government. Although the mid-nineteenth-century temperance movement would soon frame tavern-going as the habit of dangerously shiftless men\, in the republic’s early decades\, entrepreneurial\, improvement-minded men—and some women!–went to taverns to raise capital\, promote innovative businesses\, practice genteel sociability\, and put republican self-government into practice. \nHeld in the Hatcher Gallery. Registration not required\, hybrid webinar available \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Webinar Link URL:https://clements.umich.edu/event/drinking-the-revolution-wood/ LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library – Gallery\, 913 South University Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, MI\, 48109\, United States CATEGORIES:America 250,Hybrid,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/slide-Drinking-the-Revolution-Wood.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260308T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T042133 CREATED:20260120T180327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T195039Z UID:10000490-1772978400-1772985600@clements.umich.edu SUMMARY:Grosse Pointe Artists Association - History of Mapping Michigan DESCRIPTION:A map of Michigan is easily at hand for most people\, whether it is on the phone in their pocket or demonstrated by simply holding up their hand! It wasn’t always that simple. The shape of the state took centuries to be fully realized on a map. Join Sierra Laddusaw\, Curator of Maps & Graphics\, and Mary Pedley\, Assistant Curator of Maps\, from the William L. Clements Library to learn more about the mapping of “the Mitten.” \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Purchase tickets URL:https://clements.umich.edu/event/mapping-michigan/ LOCATION:Alger House on the War Memorial Campus\, 32 Lake Shore Dr.\, Grosse Pointe Farms\, 48236\, United States CATEGORIES:America 250,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://clements.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/6937257813eefbcb140be9fb.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR