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SUMMARY:The American Revolution and the Fate of the World | An electrifying global history of a not-so local war
DESCRIPTION: \n\nWhen we think of the American Revolution\, we often 
 picture a parochial drama: thirteen colonies squaring off against the 
 British Crown in a spirited bid for independence. But this version of the 
 story is only half the truth—and perhaps not even the most interesting 
 half. In this riveting program\, historian and author Richard Bell invites 
 audiences to rediscover the Revolution as a world war that unleashed 
 chaos\, opportunity\, and transformation across six continents. From the 
 sugar fields of the Caribbean to the court of the King of Mysore\, from 
 refugee camps on the Canadian frontier to political uprisings in Sierra 
 Leone and Peru\, the war that gave birth to the United States was never 
 simply America’s own. It was a seismic global event that redrew maps\, 
 toppled hierarchies\, catalyzed migration\, and accelerated new movements 
 for liberty—and for empire.\n \nIn this program\, Bell traces the 
 far-flung reverberations of the war through the lives of the people it 
 displaced\, empowered\, or destroyed. Participants will encounter a Native 
 matriarch struggling to preserve a transatlantic military alliance\, a 
 Prussian officer reinventing himself in a foreign army\, and a Boston 
 schoolteacher shipwrecked thousands of miles from home. Along the way\, the 
 Bell explores how the Revolution stirred a transoceanic refugee crisis\, 
 ignited antislavery activism\, and inspired uprisings from Ireland to 
 India. The program offers a bold new framework for understanding the 
 Revolutionary War not as a tidy founding moment but as a sprawling\, 
 high-stakes struggle fought on land and sea\, shaped by commerce\, 
 diplomacy\, propaganda\, and contingency. This is the American Revolution 
 as you’ve never seen it before: complex\, global\, and astonishingly 
 relevant to the modern world. \n\n\n\nAbout Richard Bell\n\nDr. Richard 
 Bell is Professor of History at the University of Maryland and author of 
 the book Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and their 
 Astonishing Odyssey Home which was a finalist for the George Washington 
 Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize. He has held major research fellowships 
 at Yale\, Cambridge\, and the Library of Congress and is the recipient of 
 the National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar award and the 
 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. His new book\, The American Revolution and the 
 Fate of the World\, was published by Penguin in November 2025.\n\nBook Sale 
 & Signing to Follow\n\nCopies of The American Revolution and the Fate of 
 the World  will be available for purchase at the event.\n\nINVITE\n\nThis 
 program is appropriate for ages 18 . Register by clicking on the "Begin 
 Registration" button (below). This is an in-person event at Pohick Regional 
 Library\, 6450 Sydenstricker Rd\, Burke\, VA 22015.
LOCATION:Pohick Meeting Room 1\, Pohick Meeting Room 2\, Pohick Regional Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Admin Program Department Staff":MAILTO:liblibraryevents@fairfaxcounty.gov
CATEGORIES:America 250, History & Culture, Presentation/Performance
CONTACT;CN="Admin Program Department Staff":MAILTO:liblibraryevents@fairfaxcounty.gov
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