His work. Mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in alexandria. Hes been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time hes been an active historian of american ism. In to the work well be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of Building Communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. A book i used to crib from and writing my own lectures when i taught at the university of oklahoma. And i told mark this. Mark is a past president of the masonic and museum association, fellow and past board member of the masonic. A cubs fan and a past secretary of the masonic restoration foundation. Mark worked his book while a member of the 2018 2019 class of research here at the washington library, mt. Vernon. He joins us tonight to discuss his new book, a deserving brother George Washington and freemason.
Book talk. For the month of july on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association. Of course, the Ford Motor Company thats been funding these free and open to the public talks for quite some time. Welcome. This is something that i am particularly excited to do because. I have ive known mark talbot some time and before that i knew his work. Mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in alexandria. Hes been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time hes been an active historian of american ism. In to the work well be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of Building Communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. A book i used to crib from and writing my own lectures when i taught at the university of oklahoma. And i told mark this. Mark is a past president of the masonic and museum associatio
Of the mount vernon ladies association. Of course, the Ford Motor Company thats been funding these free and open to the public talks for quite some time. Welcome. This is something that i am particularly excited to do because. I have ive known mark talbot some time and before that i knew his work. Mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in alexandria. Hes been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time hes been an active historian of american ism. In to the work well be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of Building Communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. A book i used to crib from and writing my own lectures when i taught at the university of oklahoma. And i told mark this. Mark is a past president of the masonic and museum association, fellow and past board member of the maso
Some time and before that i knew his work. Mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in alexandria. Hes been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time hes been an active historian of american ism. In to the work well be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of Building Communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. A book i used to crib from and writing my own lectures when i taught at the university of oklahoma. And i told mark this. Mark is a past president of the masonic and museum association, fellow and past board member of the masonic. A cubs fan and a past secretary of the masonic restoration foundation. Mark worked his book while a member of the 2018 2019 class of research here at the washington library, mt. Vernon. He joins us tonight to discuss his new book, a deserving brother
We are thrilled that cspans book tv viewers are also joining us. So welcome. [applause] cspan will be here throughout the day recording the events on the stage. This stage has a long history of being one of the festivals festivals most popular stage and we will delve into the role women played in the civil rights movement, americas relationship with the bald eagle, and a more complete accounting of the mexican revolution, and the strange history behind the search of the source of the nile river and many other topics. You learn a lot here at the history and biography stage and we hope you will visit us at the library of congress to do research about subjects you are interested in to expense the beauty of the Thomas Jefferson holding or attend one of our life at the library events. Most thursday nights we keep most exhibits open until 8 00 p. M. And host dynamic, free events for visitors. On september 15, and actress and podcast sisters will join us for a discussion. Determine 22nd, mosa