Book Club: The Memory of 76 by Michael Hattem
Mon, Apr 20
|Lakeland Retirement Center
Leader: Dorothy Skye
Time & Location
Apr 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Lakeland Retirement Center, 103 Elm Street, Woodruff, WI 54568, USA
About the Event
Arrive by 12:00pm, bring a lunch or snack you enjoy as it will not be provided.
Book Club discussions start at 1:00pm in the lower level conference room and generally end by 2:30pm.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Americans agree that their nation’s origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolution meant. For nearly two hundred and fifty years, politicians, political parties, social movements, and ordinary Americans have constantly reimagined the Revolution to fit the times and suit their own agendas. In this sweeping take on American history, Michael D. Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution—including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—have influenced the most important events and tumultuous periods in the nation’s history. By exploring the Revolution’s unique role in American history as a national origin myth, The Memory of ’76 shows how remembering the nation’s founding has often…