The Siege of Boston: A New Discovery — Fireside Chat with Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy

Wed., Apr. 15, 2026, 6 – 7 p.m.



Join us for a virtual fireside chat with University of Virginia History Professor Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, former Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Thomas Jefferson Studies at Monticello, who will discuss his new archival discovery and reconsider the significance of the Siege of Boston as the first major British defeat of the war—an event that forced Britain to undertake the monumental task of attempting to reconquer America.

Online Location: 1776.history.fas.harvard.edu
Gazette Classification: America 250, Humanities, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Department of History. Cosponsored by: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Office for Academic Culture and Community, Harvard University Native American Program, The Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, The Program in American Studies, Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Speaker(s): Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy (University of Virginia)
Cost: Free and open to the public
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: 1776.history.fas.harvard.edu