Spirit of 76 Living History Association

04/03/2026

Spirit of 76 looks forward to joining the City of Pacific and Project Appleseed for Road to Rebellion on May 2, 2026! We will be participating in musket demonstrations, historical displays, trade skills, and much more! We'll see you there!

03/31/2026

What a great Saturday at the Tacoma Public Library's Swasey Branch! Singing 18th century songs and listening to Fife & Drum music of the Revolutionary War with library patrons. Great questions and discussion from attendees! Happy America 250th!

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03/22/2026

Our 2026 EVENT CALENDAR is now live! Join us in celebrating America250 in Washington State with the Spirit of 76 Living History Association! Email [email protected] with questions.

18th-century living history summer camps and festivals in Greater Seattle. Entertaining and educational activities for families, students, and history lovers.

03/11/2026

Get your 250th stamps from US Post Office.

12/31/2025

"REMARKABLE EVENTS in the Year 1775."

Published in Philadelphia by Poulson's American Daily Advertiser for the Pennsylvania Packet on January 1st, 1776. Patriots offer twenty noteworthy events of the year 1775.

Among them is VI: Thirteen Colonies, differing from each other in laws, religion, manners, and interests, UNITED to oppose the British troops by arms.

Happy New Year Spirit of 76 Living History Association!

12/14/2025

Front page news 250 years ago today! The Maryland Gazette published a letter from General Schuyler out of Ticonderga on Nov 18, with news of Gen. Benedict Arnold arriving at Quebec.

The Maryland Gazette- Thu, Dec 14, 1775- Page 1

12/07/2025

Royal Navy

12/06/2025

Watch the Spirit of 76 Living History Assocation interviewed with the Daughters of the American Revolution at 7:30pm PST tonight on KBTC!!

CABLE:

Comcast channel 108 (HD, most areas in Western Washington)

Comcast channel 12 (most areas - in Tacoma, Comcast channel 3)

Click! (Tacoma) channel 3

Rainier Connect channel 10

Broadstripe channel 28 (varies by area)

Verizon FiOS channel 28

Frontier Cable: 528 (HD), 28 (SD), and 474 (MHz Worlview)

11/29/2025

Interesting research from library of Congress using women of the day.
https://crowd.loc.gov/topics/american-revolution/?loclr=fbloc&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOYKGRjbGNrA5fO0WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqlMtUKxZHge1NB4rc5bJ1B9Q44gopTjPQAVhvF5PFX-nqCVzACowj8ragYH_aem_W_BobmgsLtCzh2siCswSkg

What was life like before, during, and after the American Revolution ?  These materials from across Library of Congress collections provide context for understanding colonial America through the Revolution to the early Republic. You’ll find the diaries and letters of elite women who had a fro...

04/08/2025

Thanks for the fun, City of Tacoma Government

04/05/2025

The weather showed up at The Daffodil Festival in Tacoma today! Helping JBLM commemorate the Army’s 250th.

03/15/2025

We’re bringing the boys out of winter storage and dusting them off for a new season!