For the fourth year in a row, Widener has partnered with Delaware County Libraries, the Radnor Historical Society and America250PADelco to host the annual Revolutionary Reads Community Read event on campus. This year featured author Zara Anishanslin to discuss her book “The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution.” 

Over 40 people from Widener and the surrounding community attended the event to hear Anishanslin speak about her book which tells the story of the American Revolution through the lives of three artists- Patience Wright, Robert Edge Pine, and Prince Demah. Anishanslin is Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware.

Each year through 2026, the Revolutionary Reads committee will select a title examining the lead up to the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence. 

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