The late historian David McCullough, two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award visited Cambridge Forum in 2005. He spoke in Harvard Square not far from the Common where the Continental Army set up for drill and encampment during the Revolutionary War.

McCullough underscored the tumult and uncertainty of 1776 and how the courage and perseverance of a few dedicated patriots were responsible for the success of the American revolutionary experiment. 

He read from his book 1776 that explores the context of the life-and-death military struggle that heralded the birth of the United States of America.