Keeping Alive the Remembrance: Commemorating America's Founding, 1776–1876

Drawn from the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, this focused installation commemorates the nation’s 250th anniversary. The works on display, all made between 1776 and 1876, reveal how artists working in different art forms preserved a sense of vital connection to the founding during the country’s first century. By recording portraits and illustrating key events, artists shaped the American visual imagination in ways that still resonate today. Keeping Alive the Remembrance is on view in the second-floor American art galleries.