Meet the Founders: Patrick Henry and James Madison
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Richard Beeman, senior fellow at the C.V Starr Center, gave the second installment of the “Meet the Founders” lecture series, this time focusing on James Madison and Patrick Henry. Beeman shared his insights into how the personalities and contributions of James Madison and Patrick Henry shaped the founding of the nation.
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Dr. Richard Beeman concluded the “Meet the Founders” series with his talk about George Washington. Dr. Beeman is a senior fellow at the C.V Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and Washington College has been fortunate to have him give these unique lectures. Adam Goodheart, Director of the C.V Starr Center said “There are few historians as gifted as he is at bringing to life the vivid personalities who played starring roles in the Revolutionary drama.” Press Release -
Acclaimed historian Richard Beeman, Senior Fellow of the C.V Starr Center and the Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture, and winner of the 2010 George Washington Book Prize, continued his four lecture series entitled “Inventing a Nation” with his third lecture exploring the founders of the Constitution, their religion, and the separation of church and state in America. -
The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience brought ten students on a road trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Students took part in an all-day workshop on how to conduct research in federal records, taught by Archives staff and professional historians. Students and faculty from the University of Maryland, George Washington University, American University, and other institutions also participated in the event, which was organized by the Society for History in the Federal Government.
The day concluded with a private tour of the National Archives’ “treasure vault,” where students got up-close looks at some incredible documents that are not usually on display … including George Washington’s handwritten nomination of his first cabinet, James Madison’s draft of the Bill of Rights, Abraham Lincoln’s letter appointing Ulysses S. Grant to command the Union armies, FDR’s “day that will live in infamy” speech, and the original briefcase from the Watergate burglary.
