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Front page of folded theater program, with title "A Monody in Honor of the Chiefs Who Have Fallen in the Cause of American Liberty"

Pages four and five of theater program, containing lines of poetry

Back cover, page 8, of theater program, containing final lines of poetry

<p>Philadelphia printer Thomas Bradford issued this folded sheet of patriotic song lyrics in 1784, the year Lewis Hallam Jr.'s American Company returned to Philadelphia's Southwark Theater (built in 1767). Theatrical performances, which many American <span class="wordDefine" tabIndex="0" data-term="Revolutionaries" data-def="People who bring about a sudden or sweeping change in government. During the American Revolution, this term often applies to those who supported the United States to establish a new nation independent of Great Britain.&nbsp;">revolutionaries</span> considered a sign of British corruption and luxury, had been banned during the Revolutionary War and remained a controversial issue in the 1780s.</p>

Printer Thomas Bradford issued this sheet of patriotic song lyrics in 1784, the year American Company returned to Philadelphia's Southwark Theater.

Philadelphia Theater Program

A New Nation

Visitors of the Museum of the American Revolution in the Liberty Tree gallery which features a Liberty Tree

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Pride and Protest

Inside the Declaration of Independence gallery featuring a copy of the Declaration of Independence

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War and Independence

A high up view of the War at Sea gallery in the Museum of the American Revolution featuring a sloop

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Inside of the Revolutionary Generation gallery in the Museum of the American Revolution featuring photographs of the revolutionary generation

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Timeline of the American Revolution

Philadelphia Theater Program

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