MACRI TALK – Independence Lost: Another Side of the American Revolution

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. In the year of this milestone, we are called to reflect: What does the United States semiquincentennial mean to Mexican Americans? How have Mexican Americans shaped this country, and what do we want to see for our communities in the future?

Join us for the fourth talk in our series of special America 250 MACRI Talks, Independence Lost: Another Side of the American Revolution, featuring Dr. Kathleen DuVal, historian of early America. Learn about other perspectives on the American Revolution, including those of Indigenous and Spanish communities living in what would become the United States. 

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 |  6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Central Time

OJO! This is a virtual event. The talk will livestream via Facebook at https://bit.ly/FB-MACRI and YouTube at https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI

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About our guest

Kathleen DuVal is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution, and the U.S. history textbook Give Me Liberty! She is a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. DuVal is a Guggenheim Fellow and has won the Bancroft Prize and the Cundill History Prize. She has written for The Atlantic, Time magazine, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

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MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias! 

As always, views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI, its staff, board, or funders.