The George Washington Presidential Library invites you to join us for our monthly Ford Evening Book Talk, which features authors and historians discussing their latest books about George Washington and our nation’s Founding era. Lectures are free and open to the public, and books will be available for purchase.
Mount Vernon has enjoyed a very special relationship with the Ford Motor Company dating back more than 90 years. We are grateful for their generous support and we applaud their abiding respect for American heritage.
Upcoming Events
Ford Evening Book Talk: Democracy in Darkness
Hear from University of Notre Dame professor Katlyn Carter, author of Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions.
Dr. Carter examines how debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy. This new book reshapes our understanding of how government by and for the people emerged during the Age of Revolutions.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Serpent in Eden
Hear from historian Tyson Reeder, author of Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison's America.
This is the story of espionage, shadow diplomacy, foreign scheming, and domestic backstabbing in the formative years of the American republic.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: The Memory of '76
Hear from historian Michael D. Hattem, author of The Memory of '76: The Revolution in American History.
In this new book, Dr. Hattem examines the surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: A Republic of Scoundrels
Hear from historians David Head and Timothy C. Hemmis, editors of A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation.
The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints. This new book provides interesting stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: The Age of Revolutions
Hear from historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, author of The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It.
This is a panoramic, persuasive and inspiring new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Special offer from the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant
Consider dining with us at the Mount Vernon Inn before these events. Once you register, print your tickets and bring them to the Inn on the evening of the Book Talk to receive 10% off your entire check or a free appetizer with purchase of two entrees.
Call 703-799-6800 to make a reservation.