Secrets of Washington's Archives Podcast
1) NOW AVAILABLE: Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Library
New from the Washington Presidential Library, Leadership and Legacy invites prominent leaders and historians to reflect on their growth, challenges, and innovative approaches that made them the leader...Show More
NOW AVAILABLE: Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Library
01:20 | Oct 22nd, 2024
2) LISTEN NOW: Inventing the Presidency
Now Available on all platforms! In this new podcast from the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, we'll explore George Washington as both President and precedent. From the very orig...Show More
3) A Presidential Primer
The State of the Union address may be an annual tradition now, but when Washington prepared to give his address in 1790, the expectations weighed heavily upon him. To prepare for this momentous occasi...Show More
4) A Gift from Spain
Washington bought a copy of Don Quixote on the last day of the Constitutional Convention. But what is so significant about this Spanish story? And what did Benjamin Franklin and the Spanish ambassador...Show More
5) A Syllabus for War
George Washington’s commitment to professionalism went hand-in-hand with his leadership as both a general and a president. He believed strongly in creating an American army that adhered to new models ...Show More
6) An American Way of Farming
Farming was Washington’s greatest passion, and he devoted himself to the study of new and emerging agricultural practices. Associate Curator Jessie Macleod discusses how enslaved men and women at Moun...Show More
7) "Murder Heaped Upon Murder"
A message scrawled in the leaves of an antique book may seem like a trope for a gothic novel, but it is also a hidden clue into the life of Martha Washington. Like George, Martha Washington enjoyed re...Show More
8) Touring Revolutionary America
Come take a journey through Revolutionary America through the eyes of a French aristocrat and natural historian. While many remember George Washington’s famous friendship with the Marquis de Lafayette...Show More
9) Mapping George Washington's America
In the early American Republic, nationhood represented more than just an ideal. It also required a novel approach to visualizing the space and geography of the new country. Washington wanted to litera...Show More
10) Faith and Freedom
In the aftermath of independence, the American branch of the Church of England faced an identity crisis. The head of the Anglican Church, after all, was the King of England. So what were the faithful ...Show More