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Home Menu‘A Fever Crept In’: Infectious Disease and the American Revolution in Virginia
October 8 • 6 p.m. • American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Join University of South Carolina professor Woody Holton for a lively discussion about how various infectious diseases, from smallpox and typhus to malaria, affected the American Revolution in Virginia.
The Virginia 250 Signature Exhibition, “Give Me Liberty: Virginia & the Forging of a Nation,” will remain open for an extra hour, from 5 to 6 p.m., before the talk.
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Woody Holton
Woody Holton is professor of history at the University of South Carolina. His 2009 book, "Abigail Adams," which he wrote on a Guggenheim Fellowship, won the Bancroft Prize. Holton is also the author of "Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution" (2007), which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
His first book, "Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia" (1999), won the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award (presented by the New York Sons of the Revolution) and the Merle Curti Award (presented by the Organization of American Historians).
His books are required reading on more than 200 college campuses, and his work has been widely anthologized and also translated into German and Arabic. He is currently writing a comprehensive history of the American Revolutionary era.
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About the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s days) and located on Route 1020 near the Colonial Parkway in Yorktown.
A commemorative partner of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission, the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown tells the story of the nation’s founding. Comprehensive indoor exhibits and outdoor living-history areas capture the transformational nature and epic scale of the Revolution and its relevance today.
Admission tickets can be purchased online or in person. Plan your visit today or call (757) 253-4838 for more information. Parking at the museum is free for museum visitors. A free shuttle service is available to Historic Yorktown on the Yorktown Trolley.