American Revolution Experience Opening Night Celebration at Linebaugh
June 3 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Murfreesboro, Tennessee — The Captain William Lytle, Stones River, and Colonel Hardy Murfree Chapters, NSDAR are excited to announce the opening of the American Revolution Experience at Linebaugh Public Library beginning on June 3, 2026. The innovative exhibition includes display panels and interactive digital kiosks that use storytelling, illustration, technology, unique artifacts and primary accounts to connect modern audiences with the people and places that shaped the birth of our nation. Created through a collaboration between the American Battlefield Trust and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, the exhibit is also made possible by generous matching funds from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program battlefield interpretation grants.
The exhibit will run June 3 – 10, 2026, at Linebaugh Public Library in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. To commemorate the premiere of the American Revolution Experience exhibit, there will be an Opening Night Celebration at 5 p.m. with guest speaker, Dr. Amy Sayward. Dr. Sayward is a professor of History at Middle Tennessee State University and the director of the campus American Democracy Project, where she promotes civic engagement and voter education among the student body. She is also chair of the campus’s Semiquincentennial Committee and has edited a two-volume tribute to the Semiquincentennial for The Journal of East Tennessee History.
Dr. Sayward will present on “Swamps, Swords and Sovereignty: The Southern Campaign for Independence.” A reception will follow with Colonial-style cookies from The Sweet Addiction.
Throughout the week, there will be children’s programs and activities hosted by Linebaugh Public Library and by the Rutherford County chapters of the NSDAR. Activities include a patriotic scavenger hunt, colonial games on the patio, and a Revolutionary Bingo game. Schedule of Linebaugh Public Library’s “Unearth a Story” Summer Reading Program events for the America 250 celebration:
June 2 at 10 a.m. – All-Ages Storytime
June 3 at 10 a.m. – The Patriot’s Chest Presented by the Stones River Sons of the American
Revolution chapter
June 5 at 10 a.m. – Skype a Scientist: Archaeologist
June 5 at 2:30 p.m. – Tween/Teen Interactive Movie: National Treasure
