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The exhibition “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library” is open to the public during regular Reading Room hours:
Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 2-4:45 p.m., and Friday 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
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The image shows a rooster pulling on a British flag against a map backdrop.
The exhibition “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library” is now open to the public during regular Reading Room hours.
For more information, visit jcblibrary.org/news/1776-ac...
The JCB is closed due to the recent storm, but there is still lots happening behind the scenes!
If you missed Tuesday's discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (U of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt U), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins U), watch it here: youtu.be/0Y8Xc3O55K4
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The JCB is closed until Monday, March 2 due to the recent blizzard.
But you can still watch content on our YouTube channel and learn more about our collections and exhibitions on Americana!
Visit us online at:
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Our series on the Journals of Congress continues after yet another hiccup- this time in the form of a huge storm!
This will be added to our YouTube channel with the previous installments in this series. Enjoy!
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We are sorry to report that we are still closed due to the impact of the recent blizzard.
But don't worry- we are still "here"!
Check out the latest on our YouTube channel, or explore Americana! We will be back at the Library soon. :)
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The JCB will be closed today, February 24, due to the impact of the recent blizzard. Visit us online at jcblibrary.org for all the latest, including today's virtual event!
Photo credit: Rythum Vinoben.
TODAY! Join us virtually at 5:30 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins University).
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us virtually TOMORROW, February 24, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins University).
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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POSTPONED!
Please be advised that we have postponed tomorrow's JCB Reads discussion with Tyson Reeder because of the blizzard impacting New England.
We will update the event listing soon!
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The JCB will be closed on Monday, 2/23 due to the storm.
Stay safe, everyone!
And we will round out the first phase of our Journalism and History When History Is News series with a discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (U of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt U), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins U).
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Our series JCB Reads continues at noon with a conversation with Tyson Reeder about his recent book Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison's America.
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Join us Tuesday, February 24, 2026 for two online events!
Registration at jcblibrary.org, and details below!
New! The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hosting a year-long public exhibition titled, “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library,” now on view in the Bromsen Room during Reading Room hours. Learn more:
17.02.2026 20:46 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Excited for this conversation, the third in our series about history & journalism. If you read abt the NEH, Park Service, or the AHA, or archives in the NYT-- or the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald-- you've been reading Jenny Schuessler's work. So how did she come to this unique beat? Join us!
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Today! Join us virtually at 5 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and Jennifer Schuessler, a journalist covering intellectual life and the world of ideas for the Culture section of The New York Times.
Details and registration at jcblibrary.org/events/journ...
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@inpursuitusa.bsky.social is now live!
Check out @kawulf.bsky.social's essay on Martha Washington, the first First Lady, and a plantation mistress shaped by lineages of power, revolutionary politics, and slavery.
inpursuit.substack.com/p/martha-was...
Hear Karin read her essay as well.
Clavigero, Francisco Saverio, 1731-1787. [Storia antica del Messico. English] The history of Mexico ... Vol. I.
London; G. G. J. and J. Robinson, No. 25, Pater-noster Row B787 C617h /1-SIZE
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From Americana:
Five flowers: a flower from a tree (or Jolloxcochitl), an orchid (Stanhopea tigrina), a calliandra (calliandra calothyrsus), a tiger lily (Tigridia pavonia), and a flower from a shrub known as "flor de manita," (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
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Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at the JCB!
The flowers featured in the image are Jolloxochitl, Coatzontecoxochitl, Xiloxochitl, Oceloxochitl, and Macpalxochitl as rendered in the publication Storia antica del Messico.
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Join us TODAY (2-13) at 4 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and award-winning journalist and author John Dickerson.
Details about this series and more upcoming events are available at jcblibrary.org/events/journ...
Register here! brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Join us TODAY, February 12, at 5 p.m. in person or online for a talk by Michelle Craig MacDonald on her new book Coffee Nation.
Details at jcblibrary.org!
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TOMORROW!
Join us in person or via Zoom for Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States, a talk by Michelle Craig McDonald.
Details and registration here: jcblibrary.org/events/coffe...
The image is a drawing of people, a lion with an injured paw, and a rooster tugging at the British flag. It also has text.
The full image:
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The image shows a drawing of a rooster tugging at a British flag against a map background.
The section of the image chosen for the exhibition materials:
11.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0![The image is a pink square with two lines and the following text: "[It] reflects the deeper and global history of the American war for independence, as well as the many forms of memory that shape our understanding of the period. We chose to spotlight a corner feature, in which a rooster is tearing a British flag. That selection echoes the Rhode Island Red, the recognizable state bird of Rhode Island that was bred, like many histories of the revolution, decades after the war. But of course the full image shows a fuller picture."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jfmhqdtpn7vwdb3fm6j6ya52/bafkreib4ua5kuorztgeh73zrp5yxrvg2b24noeurawgac4a5bbnnhhdyoy@jpeg)
The image is a pink square with two lines and the following text: "[It] reflects the deeper and global history of the American war for independence, as well as the many forms of memory that shape our understanding of the period. We chose to spotlight a corner feature, in which a rooster is tearing a British flag. That selection echoes the Rhode Island Red, the recognizable state bird of Rhode Island that was bred, like many histories of the revolution, decades after the war. But of course the full image shows a fuller picture."
In our most recent blog post, JCB Library Director Karin Wulf discusses the central image in the exhibition "1776 Across the Americas" promotional materials.
Read on:
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The image contains the cover of McDonald's book, the promotional image for Dickerson's talk featuring his photo, and text indicating that McDonald will speak on Thursday at 5 and Dickerson will speak on Friday at 4.
There's lots happening this week at the JCB!
First, join us THURSDAY for a hybrid talk by Michelle Craig McDonald about her new book Coffee Nation.
And on FRIDAY, Journalism and History When History Is News continues with an online event with John Dickerson!
More at jcblibrary.org.
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TODAY!
Join us at 5 p.m. EST for a conversation between JCB Library Director Karin Wulf and NYTimes columnist Jamelle Bouie.
For 2026, the JCB is hosting the series Journalism and History When History Is News. More details at jcblibrary.org!
Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
Join us Monday 2/9 and Friday 2/13 as we launch our series Journalism and History When History Is News!
For a full list of series events and more details, visit jcblibrary.org!
