The American Revolution provides a family-friendly retelling of the country’s founding, combining tongue-in-cheek humor with imaginative physical theater in a 10-minute “pop-up” style.

When the Continental Army made camp at Valley Forge during the American Revolution, times were tough. The winter was bitter cold, there was disease and hunger.

Brooklynites, history buffs, and Revolutionary War reenactors commemorated the 249th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn — ...