To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series running from November 2025 through April 2026. All events are hybrid.
Join us on Tuesday, December 2 for the second event in this series – The First Commander Remembered: Washington’s Legacy in Cambridge
When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 6:00-7:30 PM
Debunk myths and trace the evolution of the public memory of George Washington in Cambridge, Massachusetts, featuring:
• J.L. Bell, author of The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War and proprietor of Boston1775.net
• Charles Sullivan, co-author of Building Old Cambridge: Architecture and Development and Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission
Click to register for the event and attend in-person or online: https://cambridgepl.libcal.com/event/15462126.
To view the full event series, click here: https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/speaker-series.htm.
This speaker series is made possible through the generous support of Eastern National, a nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. It is presented in partnership by the National Park Service/Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, History Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge MA250.
