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Interested in exploring Semiquincentennial topics and themes on your own, or want to learn more about a book or other resource mentioned in one of the Barrington 250 programs? Find them here! (And check back as this list continues to grow!)
Have a favorite resource you'd like to suggest we add to this list? Email us! BarringtonRI250@gmail.com
To Read
(some titles also available via Barrington Library)
The Declaration of Independence - transcript and related links (National Archives)
The Constitution of the United States - transcript and related links (National Archives)
Common Sense (Thomas Paine) recommended by Seth Rockman (250 Keynote Speaker)
The American Revolution: An Intimate History (Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns)
Revolutionary Ideals (National History Day)
The Unfinished Revolution (The Atlantic)
History Matters (David McCullough)
1776 (David McCullough)
Other titles by David McCullough
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding (Joseph J. Ellis)
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams (Stacy Schiff)
Travels with George (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (Seth E. Rockman, 2024)
Lincoln's Peace (Michael Vorenberg, 2025)
Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment (Michael Vorenberg, 2004)
We the People (Jill Lepore)
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin (Jill Lepore)
Selections from Brown 2026 Reads
Poems on the topic of Independence Day (Poetry Foundation collection
A History of Barrington, Rhode Island (Thomas Williams Bicknell, 1898)
Recommended books curated by the Museum of the American Revolution
To Watch
Ken Burns' The American Revolution (series) - 250 film series
Rhode to Independence (Ocean State Media collection)
America at a Crossroads: What it means to be an American, how that idea has evolved since the nation's founding, and where we might be headed (Judy Woodruff/PBS News Hour series, 2026)
Hamilton (movie; filmed version of Broadway musical, 2020) - 250 film series (or the Hamilton sing-along!)
John Adams (series)
Sons of Liberty (series)
Johnny Tremain (movie, 1957)
To Listen
Podcasts
Revolutions, season 2 (American Revolution) (Mike Duncan)
Revolution 250; with video (Massachusetts 250)
Music
Music in the Revolutionary War (George Washington's Mount Vernon)
Star-Spangled Banner (Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart & the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, 2009); learn about the lyrics from the Smithsonian
America the Beautiful (Ray Charles, 1972); All Things Considered story
American Anthem: The Playlist (NPR Music, 2019)
American Classics (Rhode Island Philharmonic)
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie; Library of Congress National Recording Registry guest essay; NPR story
Lift Every Voice and Sing (Melba Moore and Friends, 1990); Library of Congress National Recording Registry guest essay; Poetry Foundation
The Hill We Climb (Amanda Gorman)
Hamilton soundtrack (original Broadway cast recording)
1776 (original Broadway cast recording)
To Explore
Timeline of the Revolution (National Park Service)
Timeline of the American Revolution (Museum of the American Revolution)
Rhode Island's Revolutionary Communities interactive exhibit (RI State Archives)
RI250 Resources for Educators (Foundations of Democracy; Diverse Voices of Rhode Island; Building a More Perfect Union)
Rhode Island Slave History Medallions - Barrington & Barrington Slavery monument, the first memorial to enslaved people in the United States, in Prince's Hill Cemetery
American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO), historical geography of North America in the late eighteenth century
Barrington's surviving 18th century houses (as of 2024)
Barrington Colonial Taverns - (especially Defiance Bowls, Clandestine Meetings and the Role of Taverns in the American Revolution & Taverns to Tyler Point, Tales Along The Revolutionary Road) (Stephen Venuti, Barrington Preservation Society)
Barrington Love Notes/Rhody Love Notes: Semiquincentennial Edition
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