Ellis’s commentaries have been featured on CBS, CSPAN, CNN, and PBS.įounders Online collects in one place the papers, written by or addressed to, six key figures of the era: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin. Ellis' essays and book reviews appear regularly in national publications, such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. His in-depth chronicle of the life of our first President, His Excellency: George Washington, was a New York Times bestseller. 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.

Historian Joseph Ellis to Discuss “The Founding Fathers and Us” on Oct.

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