Experience the history of the Revolution with digital kiosks, storytelling, illustration

The Wooster-Wayne Chapter, NSDAR, will host the American Revolution Experience at the Wayne County Historical Society Aug. 25-Sept. 3.

Set up in the 1873 Wooster Township Schoolhouse, the exhibit will be open 1-5 p.m. Sundays and Labor Day, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The pop-up exhibition includes display panels and interactive digital kiosks that use storytelling, illustration, technology and primary accounts to connect modern audiences with the people and places that shaped the birth of the nation.

“The American Revolution would not have happened without the decisions, sacrifices, and valor of ordinary people,” said Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Rouse Wright.

The American Revolution Experience invites visitors to consider the choice faced by members of the revolutionary generation as tensions mounted in the 1770s. The exhibit provides diverse viewpoints and experiences, touching on the journeys − both literal and figurative − of patriots and loyalists, men and women, Black and Native populations and even international allies.

“Independence may have been declared in Philadelphia by the Declaration’s 56 signers, but it was hard-won on the battlefields we protect by the thousands of Patriot soldiers from whom today’s Daughters trace descent,” said Trust President David Duncan.

Rather than focusing only on generals and famous statesmen, it introduces audiences to drummer boys, military mapmakers and other ordinary people who were impacted by global events.

'Gen. David Wooster' making an appearance Aug. 31

On Saturday, Aug. 31, Gen. David Wooster (aka Dr. Jason Anderson) will be at the historical society to interact with visitors. Activities will also be available daily for younger children while adults and older children enjoy the exhibit.

From a grassroots organization started by historians nearly 40 years ago, the American Battlefield Trust has grown into one of the most successful land preservation and education organizations in the nation. The Trust has protected almost 60,000 acres associated with the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War, representing 160 sites in 25 states from Massachusetts to New Mexico. It has 350,000 members.

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. Its members are descended from the patriots who won American independence during the Revolutionary War. It has nearly 190,000 members in about 3,000 chapters worldwide.

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