Explore the American Semiquincentennial with Rick Atkinson and F. Anderson Morse, while they discuss the causes, consequences and characters of the war that gave birth to our nation. Atkinson is author of “The British Are Coming” and “The Fate of the Day,” the first two volumes in a projected trilogy about the Revolution. Book sales and signing managed through local independent bookstore Charter Books. The event is at Rosecliff Mansion on July 30 from 6-7 PM.