**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**

From 1775-1776, 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge (today known as the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site) became General George Washington’s first major headquarters of the Revolution. Join Emily Levine, of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, for a discussion of how free and enslaved Black members of Washington’s war camp interacted with one another, members of the local community, and Washington himself. Learn how Washington segregated the Continental Army, then reversed the decision. Examine how the family of Tony and Cuba Vassall, formerly enslaved by the house’s first owner, lived in freedom next to people enslaved by the Washingtons, including William Lee, who married Margaret Thomas, a free Black seamstress paid by the Continental Army. Explore who was excluded in the Founders’ quest for American liberty, and how they advocated for their own vision of a “more perfect union?"

About The Speaker: Emily Levine has been the Program Manager for Interpretation and Education at Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site since March 2020. She previously worked at Lowell National Historical Park (MA), and as the Interpretive Supervisor on Alcatraz Island and at Muir Woods National Monument (CA). Emily holds a master’s degree in museum education from Tufts University. She lives in Boston with her husband and their two-year-old.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Wellesley Free Library. 

NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.