By experiencing a variety of tours and exhibitions, examining primary source documents, maps, and objects, and learning from various experts, participants will discover the complexities and significance of war in the creation of a democracy, and Washington's role within all of it. Past Program Speakers
Lead Scholar - Dr. Sarah J. Purcell, L.F. Parker Professor of History at Grinnell College, Iowa. She is author of Sealed in Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America.
Adrienne Whaley, Director of Education and Community Outreach at the Museum of the American Revolution.
Matthew Costello, Vice President and Senior Historian at the White House Historical Association and author of The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President.
Dan Shippey, Founder and Director of The Breed's Hill Institute and Mount Vernon's George Washington character interpreter.
