Event Details Two days. Leading scholars. Charleston's most storied stage. Join us for this landmark symposium: Revolutionary Ideas: Origins, Contexts, and Legacies of American Independence. What makes a revolution-and how do its meanings endure? This two-day symposium brings together an extraordinary group of international scholars to explore the origins, experiences, and legacies of the American Revolution from a variety of perspectives. An extraordinary journey through the various facets of the American Revolution