Ken Burns’ new documentary about the American Revolution premieres on Sunday at 8pm Eastern, and @herberthistory.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social, & I are hosting a watch party! It’s free to join and you can chat with and ask us questions throughout the premiere.

Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...

Planning on watching the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary premiere on Nov. 16th? Join @lizcovart.bsky.social, @herberthistory.bsky.social, and myself for a live watchalong. www.eventbrite.com/e/ken-burns-...

Hey folks: my YouTube channel—which is approaching 10k subscribers!—is hosting a live Q&A tonight at 7pm MT. I’ve been doing these live chats every month, & they’re a fun way to reflect on news, summarize recent videos, & answer Q’s. If you’re interested in LDS, religious, & political history, join!

Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word! amzn.to/4nHkziG

I’ve been really pleased with reports of the book working well in both undergraduate and graduate courses.

Excited to get such a good review of “The Memory of ‘76” in the American Historical Review!

For anyone in the Boston area, I am doing an event at Cambridge Public Library on November 10th. Registration link: cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/15458403

Just. Say. No.

Featuring Julie Flavell, Mary Beth Norton, @michaelhattem.bsky.social, and @frankcogliano.bsky.social Super voice work by @gracemallon.bsky.social, Amber Pelham, Evan McCormick, @aipsmith.bsky.social, @kreggallagher.bsky.social, and @johntrterry.bsky.social

Love to see @michaelhattem.bsky.social's book already reviewed too in the AHR - and glowingly! academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

Looking forward to taking part in this event next week at Mount Vernon! Between now and then though, I’m off to Chicago this weekend for the equally estimable honor of officiating the wedding of two of my former Knox College students. www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

This is a really excellent review of my most recent book that really gets at its core themes.

Waiting for the fireworks while reading Michael D. Hattem's "The Memory of '76: The Revolution in American History." So interesting to see how Americans have invoked the nation's founding to support various causes for the last 250 years. A great read! 🇺🇸🎆🦅

A lot of those young male Trump voters were in their teens in 2016. Many have never seen the Access Hollywood tape, the photos of him with Epstein, the comments about Ivanka on Howard Stern, etc…. Dems should be running ads of all those “greatest hits.”

So looking forward to talking about my research on genealogy in early America at Mount Vernon’s GW library Tuesday night! Free, fun, and the weather looks to be Virginia gorgeous. www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...

Congratulations to Worlds Turned Upside Down contributors @frankcogliano.bsky.social and @michaelhattem.bsky.social on their nominations for the George Washington Prize! You’ll hear from both soon in Episode 19: The Gambit www.mountvernon.org/about/news/n...

I am thrilled to share that “The Memory of ‘76” is a finalist for the 2025 George Washington Book Prize! This is especially rewarding because I worked on that book for six years, three as a contingent faculty member and three with a non-faculty job. www.mountvernon.org/about/news/n...

Very happy to share that I have signed a contract with Oxford University Press for a short book entitled, "The Declaration of Independence: A Concise History" that will come out next year and then will become part of their Very Short Introductions series in 2028.

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

They really need to change the name of this app to StormySky because the current name is not reflective of the experience.

I contributed this article to a special issue of the Journal of the Early Republic on "Free State" slavery. It previews one of my book's principle interventions: the concept of hereditary term slavery during the age of gradual abolition. It is a privilege to appear in print with my co-contributors.

Cover reveal for my upcoming book THE CROWN’S SILENCE—out with Mariner in January 2026 and available for pre-order now wherever books are sold.

For those in the RI area, I am giving a talk tomorrow night at 6:30pm at the Newport Historical Society. newporthistory.org/event/why-we...

Worth noting today that the entire budget of the NEH is about $200M.

Ben Sasse, whose brief, disastrous tenure as Univ of Florida president collapsed amid evidence of gross financial mismanagement, wants Harvard and other Ivies “to acknowledge they’ve screwed up” after “years of misguided administration have left them academically adrift”

Happy to share that I’m giving a talk about how and why we remember the American Revolution at the Newport Historical Society on Thursday, June 12th at 6:30pm. newporthistory.org/event/why-we...

Good luck with that.

Thanks, Tanner! The book is currently on sale at Amazon for $13.10. www.amazon.com/Memory-76-Re...

This Tuesday at 5pm ET I am doing the first of a two-part webinar hosted by the CT Council for the Social Studies for K-12 teachers on "Making the Declaration of Independence Relevant at 250." Registration info in the link below: ctsocialstudies.org/meetinginfo....

You don’t tank an economy like this if you expect to ever have to face re-election.

“Hegseth Crossing the Delaware” By @knecessary.bsky.social For more Kevin’s cartoons, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

#amlistening to this great episode @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

I cannot agree more.

I’m seeing these signs out in Lexington MA.

100%. If you’re worried about the narrative that will be spread for 2026, start working on a different one. There’s not the kind of money or investment I wanted to see, but for better or worse that puts the impetus on truly grassroots activity.

Beyond marking the outbreak of the War for Independence, the events of April 19, 1775 at Lexington and Concord have served as a very adaptable metaphor for over two centuries with significant consequences for our political culture.

On the 250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord, here is my presentation from last week at the Concord Museum about how the events have been remembered & how they have served as a metaphor beyond the outbreak of military hostilities between colonists & the British. www.youtube.com/live/G-_cJ6p...

Join @michaelhattem.bsky.social for a truly fascinating exploration of how Americans have thought about the #AmericanRevolution over time. #Skystorians #Revolution250 #USHistory #History

It’s always a pleasure and a lot of fun to talk with @lizcovart.bsky.social on @bfworld.bsky.social, and this conversation was no exception!

What a patriotic move by the administration to eliminate an agency that is relied on by the projects publishing the founders’ papers. Crippling those projects on the eve of the 250 is a great way to demonstrate their commitment to “patriotic education” and the “greatness of American history.”

Colleagues: If you're teaching this Spring or next Fall, please let me know if I can help. Happy to talk with you & your students about immigration, free speech, ideological exclusion & deportation, Cold War/McCarthyism, War on Terror, & "Threat of Dissent." 🗃️ www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

So many of our most important modern technologies have proved destructive because we have never had enough humanity to use them responsibly.

My thanks to Matthew Sparacio for such a thoughtful and insightful review of "The Memory of '76."

My most recent book is currently on sale at Amazon for $8.83!

This will be my fourth time being a guest on #BFWorld (actually five, if you count a mini episode). It’s a super impressive platform and always a great experience. Looking forward to the episode!

I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...

Happy to share I am doing a 2-part webinar for K-12 teachers on "Making the Declaration of Independence Relevant at 250" on Apr 29 and May 6 at 5pm. The event is hosted by the CT Council for the Social Studies. Registration info can be found at the link below. ctsocialstudies.org/meetinginfo....