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July 1, 2026 at 7:00pm
Reading Room

Non-Fiction: How the Declaration of Independence Made America

July 1, 2026, 7:00pm–8:00pm

Lectures and conversations with historians, authors, and thinkers.

2026 lineup

July 1, 2026 – September 9, 2026
Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm

July 1: How the Declaration of Independence Made America

July 8: How American Presidents Governed Their Money

July 15: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln

July 22: Angelica Schuyler in a Time of Revolution

July 29: The Moment That Changed the Women’s Movement

August 5: Lady Bird Johnson’s Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train

August 19: Samuel Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement

August 26: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln

September 2: An Oral History of 9/11

September 9: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity

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