Harvest Fair 1775: Revolution Rising

 

Join Historic Lewes in commemorating the American Revolution in our community 250 years later, stepping back into the autumn of 1775.  The everyday people of this hardworking town would have been shocked at how much their world had changed over the past year, beginning as uneasy subjects of a British Crown and now ending as a colony in revolt.  News flies down the Delaware River from Philadelphia hard and fast, bringing word of battles outside of Boston, an American invasion of Canada, petitions and legislation by Congress, and orders to put soldiers in readiness to fight against the might of an Empire.  All of this drama set against the annual need to bring in the harvest’s bounty and prepare for the long winter ahead.  As the war intensifies and fires hearts across the continent, a Revolution is Rising.