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"Looking Back at 250: Virginia & the Revolution"
A Virtual Discussion with Douglas Bradburn
Thursday, May 15 at 3:00PM ET

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The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence gives Americans the opportunity to embrace the call of the Founders to promote and engage an educated citizenry. As the birthplace of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, Virginia holds a special place in the history of the American Revolution. But how much do we really know about Virginia’s political culture in the weeks leading up to the immortal day of July 4, 1776?

Join us Thursday, May 15 at 3:00 pm ET for a conversation with the President and CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon,
Douglas Bradburn ([link removed]) , about Virginia’s integral role in the independence movement during the spring of 1776. JMC’s own resident historian and manager of network engagement, Elliott Drago ([link removed]) , will moderate.

We’ll ask: What were the political contexts within Virginia that animated contemporary views of independence? What role did George Washington and other Virginia Founders play at this crucial moment? What are the best firsthand accounts we can read to better understand our forebears and the high stakes of independence?

We hope to gain greater insight into Virginia’s place in the Revolutionary narrative, and how the role of Virginians helps us deepen our appreciation for the Declaration of Independence that grew from the soils of the Old Dominion.
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Douglas Bradburn is President and CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and the former Founding Director of the George Washington Presidential Library. A well-known scholar of early American history, he has written The Citizenship Revolution: Politics and the Creation of the American Union, 1774-1804, and three anthologies, including Early Modern Virginia: Reconsidering the Old Dominion.

He co-founded and is the editor of a book series, Early American Histories, and is the winner of numerous awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Gilder Lehrman Research Fellowship at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, five Telly awards, and a “Thea” award. He has been featured on CSPAN, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, and the History Channel docudrama WASHINGTON.

Before his tenure at Mount Vernon, he served as Chair of the History Department at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Dr. Bradburn holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in History and Economics from the University of Virginia.

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About the Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center is a nationwide network of scholars and teachers dedicated to educating the next generation about the core texts and ideas of the American political tradition.

We have four objectives while pursuing this mission:
1. Renew the serious study of America’s founding principles and history in higher education;
2. Transform K-12 teacher education for civics and history teachers;
3. Build the premier online American tradition library and learning tool; and
4. Grow the nationwide movement to strengthen American civic education.

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