Here is a little damp and cold, we just drove back en route to from williamstown, massachusetts. So our first snow of the year in, of all places, the top peaks en route to in the berkshires, in the town of wait for it, florida and florida, mass situations. I always thought that was some kind of a joke. But anyway, it gets the first snow. This year and just a little harbinger of things to come and not enough to make the roads impassable, which will happen later on in the year. But anyway, i want to first thank a couple of folks who are here to thank our friends from cspan, who are going to be recording this for future use on television. Thank Rachel Hobson from the library, who was here making sure everything is set up properly and and most importantly, thank chris meyer, who is the sponsor of this series, a member of our board and a longtime member of the wellesley historical society. And also, just so you know, there will be refreshments. Youre after the talk by tom paine, although ma
Everybody. Im of the American Enterprise institute. Its my great pleasure to welcome you to a set of conversations today. Democracy and, the american founding, this gathering is the beginning for us of a large, ambitious project today. I and i want to say just a few words about it before we get going with our conversation. 2026 is a lot of you know is going to mark the 250th anniversary of the american founding. A lot of organizations, a lot of individuals will recognize that milestone in a variety of ways. But thinking through how we might best that here, we thought that the kind of contribution we could make would be some of lasting intellectual product through a set of conferences that will then yield a set of books, other kinds of educational materials that explore how americans now should understand our heritage, our inheritance. The key and questions at issue in the american founding. Those materials can outlast the anniversary and conserve educators, students and citizens in gen
Discusses the historical journeys by George Washington through the new United States and describes his own experience as he followed the same experience in the present day. Nathaniel philbricks progress and fox are conveyed in washingtons own words and preserved in his diaries. Transcriptions of those diaries in his correspondence on founders online hosted by the National Archives, through the National Historical publications. Founders online has transcript of thousands of documents written by and to the nations founders. You can find washingtons letter to his cabinet written in savanna, georgia, his itinerary and instructions should any serious matter occur in his absence. You can read entries from his diary recording places he was in, the conditions of roads and lodgings, the weather and the terrain and the crops of the area. Following washingtons path, Nathaniel Philbrick came to know our first president not as a monumental figure from history but as a man traveler like himself, and
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Presenting crooked the Roaring Twenties tale of a corrupt attorney general, a crusading center and the birth of the american political scandal. We have a full calendar of wonderful events in store. If youd like to keep track of whats coming, check out our website. Sign up for our newsletter. Social medias all that good stuff. Just a few housekeeping notes before we get started. Please make sure your phones are on silent so that there arent any interruptions throughout the duration of the event. If youd like to purchase a copy of the book, you may grab one on a lovely display at the bottom of the stairs, conveniently placed near the register. When you get to the split at the stairs, just go ahead and turn right. They are right there. If you plan on getting that signed, we ask that you just please purchase it before doing so. And it is the support of folks like you that vroman says may able to stick around for 129 years now. So thank you for supporting independent bookstores. Oh, thank y