Go Behind the Scenes at the Library
During this exclusive tour, you can expect to:
- See around the Reading Room, Vault, and Mars Suite.
- Listen to talks from Mount Vernon staff throughout the day.
- Preview the George Washington Leadership Institute, which offers leadership training to aspiring and experienced executives.
- Learn about the Center for Digital History as well as programs in history, leadership, education, and the library.
- Hear about upcoming events from the library, including book talks with bestselling authors.
- Enjoy George Washington-themed trivia.
Schedule of Events
Coulson & Gaines Meeting Rooms
| 10:30 a.m. | Washington's Timeless Leadership: Principles for Modern Excellence Heather Soubra, Director, George Washington Leadership Institute & Rick Herrera | Gaines Meeting Room |
| 11:30 a.m. | George Washington & His Maps Alexandra Montgomery, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Digital History | Coulson Meeting Room |
| 12 p.m. | How to Transcribe Primary Sources: Memory and the American Revolution Zoie Horecny, Ph.D., Digital Washington Papers Editor | Coulson Meeting Room |
| 12:30 p.m. | Saving Mount Vernon: History of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Stephen McLeod, Director of Library Programs | Coulson Meeting Room |
| 1 p.m. | History in 360: A Revolutionary View of Boston Breck Pappas, Content Creator & Henry Kemp, Digital Project Specialist | Coulson Meeting Room |
| 1:30 p.m. | Washington's Timeless Leadership: Principles for Modern Excellence Heather Soubra, Director, George Washington Leadership Institute & Rick Herrera | Gaines Meeting Room |
| 2:30 p.m. | William Gordon's The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America (1788) and the volumes owned by George Washington Caroline Sharp, Special Collections Curator | Coulson Meeting Room |