Jay Cost Residency: The Founding in Perspective — George Washington

The central figure in the American Founding, nobody was more important in crafting the new nation. And yet Washington's great ambition, political unity in a shared pursuit of the national interest, would go unfulfilled in his lifetime. It was during his administration that the first political parties developed. And while Washington's tenure has rightly been remembered as one of the greatest in our nation, he retired to Mount Vernon in 1797 deeply disappointed in the political vitriol that had consumed the national discourse.  

This event is part of "The Founding in Perspective: Visiting Speaker Week-in-Residency Series Examining 'The American Founding from the Perspective of Those Who Lived Through It'" The lectures examine the period from the perspective of each individual to appreciate the full complexity of the American Founding, the period in which the United States established a new constitutional order.  

Registrants are welcome but not required to attend all events to enjoy and learn from the individual lectures.  

This is a Brock Institute Event.   

Location: Jefferson Educational Society - 3207 State St, Erie, PA 16508

Date/Time: Monday, August 11, 6-8:30PM. Public Reception from 6 to 7PM. Lecture from 7-8:30 PM.

Admission: FREE

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