Educating for a More Perfect Union

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Join the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) and the Museum of the American Revolution (MoAR) in celebrating our nation’s 250^th anniversary year with an evening panel discussion on how to reinvigorate history and civics education in American college and university classrooms and across the public history sector. Following a keynote address by President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Richard N. Haass, panelists Dr. Michael B. Poliakoff, ACTA President and CEO; Anne D. Neal, Regent, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; and Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor in Education, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, will join Dr. Haass in discussing how to raise the historic and civic literacy of rising generations. The speakers all serve as members of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education.

Museum President and CEO Dr. R. Scott Stephenson will moderate the conversation and Q&A, which will be recorded and later published online.

Prior to the 6 p.m. program, this free educational event will include a social reception and access to the Museum’s current special exhibition, The Declaration’s Journey, presented by Griffin Catalyst. Following the public program, all guests are invited to view Washington’s War Tent in the Museum’s Alan B. Miller Theater. College and university students (18+) are encouraged to participate in this event and submit questions for the panel discussion in advance. 

PUBLIC PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Reception in Robert A.M. Stern Rotunda (first floor)

5:15 p.m. Special Exhibition Access to The Declaration’s Journey presented by Griffin Catalyst (first floor)

6:00 p.m. Public Program in Lenfest Myer Theater (first floor)

7:30 p.m. Invitation to view Washington’s War Tent in Alan B. Miller Theater (second floor)

8:00 p.m. Conclusion

All tickets to this evening’s public program include the reception, the 6 p.m. keynote address, a panel discussion, and select access to the Museum’s exhibitions.

This event is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.