Examine George Washington’s life and legacy in New Jersey, reading along in Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life with a State Park Service historian in a series of virtual monthly meetings.

Reading in advance is NOT required. Although offered as a series, each lecture stands on its own and assumes no prior knowledge. New participants are always welcome.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 online at 7pm: New Jersey Plans

George Washington’s retirement from public life is short-lived as the crises of the new republic keep him in correspondence with a New Jersey woman and draw him back to Philadelphia to serve as president of a Constitutional Convention featuring dueling arguments from the New Jersey delegation and a Virginian educated in New Jersey at Princeton, James Madison.