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Presentation: Youth in Revolt – Alexander Hamilton and Coming of Age in the American Revolution

Date: April 5, 2020

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location: Main Library 102 3rd Street North Fargo, ND 58102 Get Directions 

Join us as Donald Johnson, Assistant Professor of Early American History at NDSU uses the career of Alexander Hamilton and others, to explore how the American Revolution affected the lives of those who came of age during the political crisis that preceded it, the War that it led to, and the chaotic period that ensued.

At the dawn of the Revolution more than 1/3 of Americans were under the age of 24, and while older Revolutionaries like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin may have pioneered the ideology of rebellion, it fell to younger founders like Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to do much of the fighting and governing in the post-Revolutionary landscape. This presentation explores both how these peoples’ lives were shaped by the Revolution and how those young people shaped the course of Revolutionary events.
Sunday, April 5 – Main Library at 2 p.m.

For more information about this or any other Fargo Public Library event, please call the Main Library Information Desk at 701.241.1492.