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Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly, Henry Bryan Hall, after Alonzo Chappel, 1856. Mount Vernon Collection [Print-3263]

This year’s exciting program will explore the indispensable George Washington’s lead in enacting the Constitution and the lasting results in America today.

This event will be followed by a reception.

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We are completely full for in-person attendance, but welcome you to participate virtually.

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The Founding Debates are sponsored by The Ammerman Family Foundation, Dr. Denis Franks and Joy Ammerman Franks, Michael and Stephanie Franks to honor former Mount Vernon President and CEO James C. Rees, whose vision lives on with the Washington Library.

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Join Fox News Chief Political Anchor & Executive Editor Bret Baier with his All-Star panel of Washington Times columnist Charlie Hurt and USA TODAY's Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page as they explore the indispensable George Washington’s lead in enacting the Constitution and the lasting results in America today.

Speaker Biographies

Bret Baier

Bret Baier is the anchor and executive editor of Special Report with Bret Baier, the top-rated cable news program in its timeslot and consistently one of the top five shows in cable news. Throughout his tenure at Fox News Channel, he has played a critical role in every major political event since joining the network in 1998. Baier is the recipient of the 2017 Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, the National Press Foundation’s highest honor for a broadcast journalist.

Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network’s signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report.

Susan Page

Susan Page is the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY. She's covered 11 presidential campaigns and seven White House administrations, and she's interviewed the past 10 presidents (three of them after they left office, and one before he moved in). She is the author of two best-selling books, Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power and The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty. She's now working on a biography of Barbara Walters, being published by Simon & Schuster in 2023. Susan is a former president of the White House Correspondents Association and the Gridiron Club, and she has every journalism award given specifically for coverage of the presidency. In 2020, she moderated the vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, the first print reporter ever to be the solo moderator for the Commission on Presidential Debates.