Roger Sherman and American 250 at Beinecke Library at Yale: One Day Viewing

Beinecke Library welcomes all to a special display of materials from Yale Library collections related to Roger Sherman, America 250, Connecticut, New Haven, and Yale History on Sherman’s birthday. The display will be on Sunday, April 19, from 1 to 4 PM in the Beinecke Library reading room, 121 Wall Street. The library will showcase historic newspapers, broadsides, maps, correspondence, and other materials by and about Sherman and his time. Note that the first printing of the Declaration of Independence and other key documents will be on view in the exhibition, “Unfurling the Flag: Reflections on American Patriotism,” on the main level of the library from March 16 to September 27, 2026.

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