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: 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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Ford Evening Book Talk: Penman of the Founding
Hear from historian Jane E. Calvert, author of Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson.
Despite the key part he played in the country's founding, few Americans today have heard of John Dickinson. Jane E. Calvert's fascinating, authoritative, and accessible biography, the first complete account of Dickinson's life and work, restores him to a place of prominence in the nation's formative years.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: Meeting the Moment
Hear from historian William Haldeman, author of Meeting the Moment: Inspiring Presidential Leadership that Transformed America.
This new book tells the stories of a selected group of US presidents and the inspired leadership characteristics they demonstrated during times of national crisis that set them apart and transformed America — qualities of judgment and ingenuity, dedication and courage, and confidence and optimism.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.
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Ford Evening Book Talk: The Franklin Stove
Hear from historian Joyce E. Chaplin, author of The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution.
This new book tells the surprising story of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous invention―and a new take on the Founding Father we thought we knew.
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.