March 23
250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!” Speech
The Honorable Glenn Youngkin, Governor of Virginia
Carly Fiorina, VA250 National Honorary Chair
Ken Burns, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker
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March 24
Special Presentation: Of Liberty and Death
Featuring Patrick Henry
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Welcome Remarks and Dinner Keynote
The Honorable Glenn Youngkin, Governor of Virginia
Pete Williams, Emmy Award-Winning Journalist
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March 25
The Impact of the Declaration of Independence
The Honorable Douglas Ginsburg, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals and Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University
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Morning Keynote
Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
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Renewing American Democracy Panel Discussion
John Bridgeland, CEO, More Perfect and Former White House Domestic Policy Director (Moderator)
Dale Anglin, Director, Press Forward
Brian Hooks, Chairman and CEO, Stand Together and President, Charles Koch Foundation
Dr. Jane Kamensky, President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Cecilia Munoz, Co-Chair, More Perfect and Former White House Domestic Policy Council Director
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An Interview with Ken Burns, Award Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Interviewed by Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO, National Constitution Center
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I Too, Am America Panel Discussion
Christy Coleman, Executive Director, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (Moderator)
Cainan Townsend, Executive Director, The Moton Museum
Jorge Zamanillo, Founding Director, National Museum of the American Latino
Emily August, Chief Public Engagement Officer at the Weitzman National Museum of Jewish History
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250th Legacy: Collaborations at the Regional, State, and National Levels
Jamie Bosket, President and CEO, Virginia Museum of History & Culture (Moderator)
Amy Braden, Director of Programs, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, and the USC Mellon Humanities in a Digital World program
Mia Nagawiecki, Vice President for Education Strategy & Civic Engagement, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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States Dinner Keynote Remarks
The Honorable Mamie Locke, Member, Virginia Senate
Carly Fiorina, VA250 National Honorary Chair and Chair, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Board of Trustees
The Honorable Stephen Adkins, Chief of the Chickahominy Tribe
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March 26
Youth 250: Making the 250th Matter to Younger Generations
Caroline Klibanoff, Executive Director, Made By Us
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Indigenous Perspectives on the 250th Panel Discussion
Scott Stephenson, President and CEO, Museum of the American Revolution (Moderator)
The Honorable Stephen Adkins, Chief of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe
Kitcki Carroll, Executive Director, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
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From Start to Finish, Lessons from the States
John Dichtl, President & CEO, American Association for State and
Local History (Moderator)
Jason Hanson, Chief Creative Officer and Director of Interpretation and Research,
History Colorado and Commissioner, America 250 – Colorado 150
Margaret Koch, Director, Bullock Texas State History Museum and Chair,
Texas America250 Commission
Cheryl Wilson, Executive Director, American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250)
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Closing Keynote
The Honorable John Charles Thomas, Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia (retired)
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