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American Heritage’s Great Minds of History, published by John Wiley and Sons, contains the transcripts of the History Channel’s television series of the same name. In the documentary series,…

Over 250 reenactors at Mount Vernon, including descendants of Washington and his slaves, recreated the funeral of George Washington the mark the 200th anniversary of his death. Several parti…

The 31st annual News and Documentary Emmy Award Ceremony was held at Rose Hall" Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City. The National Television Academy presented special awards to “PBS N…

Writer Mary Higgins Clark discussed her biographical novel, Mount Vernon Love Story. The novel, which concentrates on Washington’s personal life, was published by Simon and Schuster. Based o…

Roger Mudd talked about books he is reading, which include Jim McPherson’s Tried By War and Shirley Hazzard’s The Great Fire.

David McCullough made the keynote address at opening ceremonies for the Ford Orientation Center and Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mount Vernon. Roger Mudd acted as master…

Author Tom Fenton talked about his book, Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All, published by Regan Books. Mr. Fenton argued that the news media …

The panelists talked about U.S. presidents who have been commander-in-chief in times of war and how they handled the responsibility. They also talked about how President George W. Bush is ha…