H.W. Brands: The Historic Center in U.S. Politics
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, MI
Thursday, December 10, 2026 - 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST
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Americans have long shouted from the fringes, but we've governed from the center. The Louisiana Purchase, the Thirteenth Amendment, Social Security, civil rights, environmental reforms: all eventually won bipartisan endorsement.
The center still exists. We simply have to find it again.
Book signing to follow the event.
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