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Historians discussed the founders of the United States. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Virginia.

Historians discussed the lives of loyalists, Native Americans and African Americans in the aftermath of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence. This discussion was part of a conference…

Historians Peter Onuf, David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed discussed defining equality and the Declaration of Independence. They talked about the views and interpretations of W.E.B. DuBois,…

Annette Gordon Reed and Peter Onuf spoke about their book, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination. They spoke from the H.L. Mencken Non-Fiction…

12:20-12:50PM (History and Bio Tent) Annette Gordon Reed Author, The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed talked about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. …

Annette Gordon-Reed talked about President Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings family. Her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton; September 17, 2008), was awarded t…

Mr. Golob talks about publishing the American Presidents series, short biographies of all 43 American presidents, with a special emphasis on each man’s time in office. To date, Times Books, …