Ellis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation and won the National Book Award for American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson. Ellis is one of the nation's leading scholars of American history. In American Dialogue, Ellis gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams, to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is often a conversation between past and present. This public program is free to the public, but reservations are recommended and can be made online. Attendees should use the Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue at 7th Street, NW.

McGowan Theater of the National Archives Museum in Washington and live streamed on YouTube. Ellis to discuss his new book, American Dialogue: The Founding Fathers and Us, that addresses the question: “What would the Founding Fathers think?” This event will be held in the William G.

On Wednesday, October 17, at noon, the National Archives welcomes back Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Joseph J. American Creation is an audiobook that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever.Historian Joseph Ellis to Discuss “The Founding Fathers and Us” on Oct. With eloquence and insight, Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men both human and inspired, possessed of both brilliance and blindness. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government was eventually embraced by the American people, and details the emergence of the two-party system, which stands as the founders? most enduring legacy.Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. He casts an incisive eye on the founders? achievements, arguing that the American Revolution was, paradoxically, an evolution?and that part of what made it so extraordinary was the gradual pace at which it occurred.

Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation?s founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders?Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, and Adams.

From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J.

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