A calendar you read, not just check.
Every month pairs a painting with the month it belongs to. Trumbull's Princeton in January, the Boston Massacre in March, Bunker Hill in June, the crossing of the Delaware in December. The date the painting depicts is marked on the grid below it.
Then the page keeps going. Each month carries the painting's full credit and a documented quotation from someone involved in the Revolution.
The grid itself is filled in. 75 dated entries across the year. Battles, births, treaties, first printings, surrenderes, and every federal holiday.
2027 is the 250th anniversary of 1777. Seven sestercentennials fall on these pages: Oriskany (August 6), Brandywine (September 11), Freeman's Farm (September 19), Germantown (October 4), Bemis Heights (October 7), Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga (October 17), and the army's march into Valley Forge (December 19). October carries four of them on a single page.
More than a date-keeping tool: a year-long almanac of the war that made the United States, on a wall-sized sheet you'll actually stop and read.
Product Features:
- Large 14" x 11.5" format with room for the paintings to breathe.
- Every federal holiday pre-marked, plus 78 historical dates.
- Full painting credits — title, artist, and holding institution.
- Twelve documented quotations, one per month.
- Anniversary date marked on each month's grid.
- A complete 2027 month grid with generous writing space.
Events and Paintings Showcased:
January: Battle of Princeton - January 3rd, 1777 (The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, John Trumbull)
February: Von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge - February 23rd, 1778 (Washington at Valley Forge, E. Percy Moran)
March: The Boston Massacre - March 5th, 1770 (Boston Massacre, March 5th 1770, J.H. Bufford after William L. Champney)
April: Battles of Lexington and Concord - April 19th, 1775 (The Battle of Lexington, William Barnes Wollen)
May: Capture of Fort Ticonderoga - May 10th, 1775 (Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Alonzo Chappel)
June: Battle of Bunker Hill - June 17th, 1775 (The Battle of Bunker Hill, E. Percy Moran)
July: The Declaration of Independence - July 4th, 1776 (The Declaration of Independence, John Trumbull)
August: Battle of Oriskany - August 6th, 1777 (Herkimer at Oriskany, Frederick Coffay Yohn)
September: The Saratoga Campaign - September 19th, 1777 (Surrender of General Burgoyne, John Trumbull)
October: Surrender at Yorktown - October 19th, 1781 (Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, John Trumbull)
November: Evacuation Day - November 25th, 1783 (Washington's Triumphal Entry into New York City, E.P. & L. Restein)
December: Battle of Trenton - December 26th, 1776 (Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze)
