Join the Living New Deal, San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and National Park Service in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the New Deal at one of the city's Crown Jewels--the San Francisco Maritime Museum, built by the Works Progress Administration.
Keynote speaker Prof. Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian, author and educator. Her new book Democracy Awakening, Notes on the State of America was just released. Her nightly newsletter, Letters from an American, which chronicles current events in the larger context of American history, reaches more than a million subscribers. Read a review of Heather Cox Richardson’s new book in The Guardian.
PUBLIC TOURS11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
(Free. Registration required.) A guided tour of the art and architecture of this National Historic Landmark—the legacy of WPA and Federal Art Project workers.
CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION
Reception: 4pm-530pm
Program: 6pm-8pm
Tickets: $90
Program features historian Heather Cox Richardson; San Francisco historian and journalist Gary Kamiya, Master of Ceremonies The Honorable Charles Breyer and Living New Deal founder Gray Brechin. LIVE MUSIC, REFRESHMENTS AND MORE.
LOCATION: San Francisco Maritime Museum, 900 Beach Street, San Francisco (at the foot of Polk Street). Nearby Parking, Ghirardelli Square Parking Garage, 3031 Larkin Street (at Beach Street).
The Living New Deal
Department of Geography
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Keynote speaker Prof. Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian, author and educator. Her new book