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For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle
Author John A. Ragosta will discuss the story of how the most eloquent public speaker of the American Revolutionary era once changed history in 1799 again when he came out of retirement to defend the Constitution.
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Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
Jonathan W. White will tell the story of Appleton Oaksmith, a sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century.
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Exhibit opens: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum Conference on the Vice-Presidency
This conference on the Vice Presidency coincides with the original exhibition A Heartbeat Away: The American Vice-Presidency at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
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Exhibit closes: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum Conference on the Vice-Presidency
This conference on the Vice Presidency coincides with the original exhibition A Heartbeat Away: The American Vice-Presidency at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
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Truman Library Book Club Discussion
The Truman Book Club for July is "Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul," by A.J. Baime.
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Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement
Author Cathleen D. Cahill tells the powerful stories of a multiracial group of activists who propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights.
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The Summer of 1876: Outlaws, Lawmen, and Legends in the Season That Defined the American West
Author Chris Wimmer weaves together the events of the summer of 1876, a key period in the development of the mythology of the Old West.
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The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat
Author Eileen A. Bjorkman will tell the story of the women military aviators of the 1970s and 1980s who kicked open the door to fly in combat in 1993—along with the story of the women who paved the way before them.
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The Fear of Too Much Justice
Authors Stephen B. Bright and James Kwak discuss their book The Fear of Too Much Justice
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This Isn’t Going to End Well
Daniel Wallace discuss his book This Isn't Going to End Well