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Washington Crossing the Delaware showing George Washington standing prominently in a small boat as he leads soldiers across an icy river at dawn, wrapped in a cloak and holding a spyglass, while a diverse group of rowers push through floating ice and an American flag waves behind him in a cold winter landscape.

The Michael J. Colligan History Project: Richard Brookhiser

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
7:00 pm
Parrish Auditorium, Miami University Hamilton
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Join Richard Brookhiser, winner of the National Humanities Medal, for a memorable address on the 250th anniversary of America. A prolific author and senior editor at National Review, Brookhiser's works include Give Me Liberty: A History of America's Exceptional Idea, and Alexander Hamilton, American.

Program generously supported by Hamilton Community Foundation and America 250-Ohio.

RSVP at MiamiOH.edu/Regionals/Passport

Richard Brookhiser is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, a senior editor of National Review, and a columnist for American History. He is the author of, most recently, Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution (Yale University Press, 2024), and host of “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court,” a film by Leo Eaton (summer 2020).

His other books include  Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea (Basic Books, 2019), John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court (Basic Books, 2018), of Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln (Basic Books, 2014), and of seven other books on revolutionary America: Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington (Free Press, 1997); Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts That Guided Our First President in War and Peace (University of Virginia Press, 2003); Alexander Hamilton, American (Simon & Schuster, 2000); America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses 1735-1918 (Free Press, 2002); Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (Free Press, 2004); What Would the Founders Do? Our Questions, Their Answers (Basic Books, 2007); and George Washington on Leadership (Basic Books, 2008).

He is author and host of two films for PBS by Michael Pack: Rediscovering George Washington (2002) and Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton (2011). He was the historian curator of “Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America,” a 2004 exhibition at the New-York Historical Society. In 2008 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.

Richard Brookhiser
Richard Brookhiser
Senior Editor, National Review