Montpelier Seminar: “Slavery and the Constitution” Explore one of the most paradoxical periods in American history through the lens of the U.S. Constitution with J. Holt... Read More
Montpelier Seminar: “The Federal Judiciary: Idea to Institution” Examine the role of "the judiciary" as one of the three branches of American government with former Oregon Supreme Court... Read More
Montpelier Seminar: “America Under Fire: Mr. Madison’s War & the Burning of Washington City” Learn about the leadership of James and Dolley Madison during the War of 1812 and how the war helped forge... Read More
Learning From James Madison at the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Montpelier “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the... Read More
Which of the Founding Fathers did not go to college? Of the Founding Fathers who became president, only George Washington did not go to college. John Adams graduated from Harvard;... Read More
