Summer Family History Benefit Dinner FAQ

Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. ET

Join us as we honor author and historian Alan Taylor with our Lifetime Achievement Award in Early American History. He will speak on the topic of population and ethnicity in early America.

Proceeds of the Family History Benefit Dinner help fund our groundbreaking work, including educational programs, youth outreach, original research and scholarship, diversity programming, publications, and online services and content development.

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient...

Pulitzer Prize winning Historian Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor has twice won the Pulitzer Prize in History, most recently for The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, which was also a National Book Award finalist. Taylor has written extensively about the colonial history of the United States, the American Revolution, and the early American Republic. His books include Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (1990); William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic (1995); American Colonies (2001); Writing Early American History (2005); The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution (2006); The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies (2010); American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (2016); Thomas Jefferson’s Education (2019); and American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850 (2021).

For a dozen years, Taylor served as the faculty advisor for the California State Social Science and History Project, which provides curriculum support and professional development for K-12 teachers in history and social studies. In 2016 he won membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2020 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. He is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

The Museum of the American Revolution
101 S 3rd St., Philadelphia, PA

For more information on parking and directions visit Directions & Parking Recommendations - Museum of the American Revolution (amrevmuseum.org)

Dress Code: Cocktail attire.

 There are many options for accommodations within a mile of the museum. Some options include: 

• Philadelphia Marriott Downtown: Downtown Philadelphia, PA, Hotel | Philadelphia Marriott Downtown – 1 mile away
• Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District: Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District | Philadelphia, PA Hotels (wyndhamhotels.com) – 0.4 mile away
• Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel: Hotels in Center City Philadelphia - Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (marriott.com) – 0.2 mile away
• Philadelphia Marriott Old City: Old City Philadelphia PA Hotel | Philadelphia Marriott Old City – 0.2 mile away
• Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia: Center City Philadelphia Hotel | Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia (monaco-philadelphia.com) – 0.2 mile away
• The Independence Park Hotel: Historic Philadelphia Hotel | Independence Park Hotel - Across the street from the museum. Mention you are with American Ancestors and you will receive a special rate of $179.00 a night for a queen, $199.00 a night for a king. 

  Questions? Please contact Special Events Manager Kelly Neagle at kelly.neagle@nehgs.org or 617-226-1215.