Symposium Schedule

8:30—9:00 a.m.

 Registration. Coffee

8:55 a.m.

Town Crier John Yagerline

9:00 a.m.

Hugh Barton Opens the Symposiums

9:05 a.m.

Vignette #1: “Looking West”

An evening card game at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Byrd

9:10 a.m.

Jim Mackay: “We Won the War: What’s Next?”

9:30 a.m.

Jack Duane Warren, Jr.:

“Washington’s Trip to Barbados as Preparation for his life in Freemasonry”

10:00 a.m.

Q & A

10:15 a.m.  

Break

10:30 a.m.

Vignette #2: “Alexandria Changes”

 Scenes in a tavern and a local house

10:40 a.m.

John Douglas Hall:

 “How We Got From the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution”

11:10 a.m.

Q & A

11:35 a.m.

Hugh Barton: Introductions and Housekeeping Notes

12:00 p.m.  

Lunch.   Roving Entertainer: John Douglas Hall

1:05 p.m.

Vignette #3: “The Celebration”

A scene in a local store

1:10 p.m.

Stanley Weintraub:

“George Washington and the Americans as Seen by the British”

1:40 p.m.

Q & A

2:00 p.m.

Joel Achenbach:

“George Washington’s Grand Idea”

2::30 p.m.

Q & A

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:10 p.m.

David & Ginger Hildebrand:

“Looking West—Music of the 1780s”

3:30 p.m.

Q & A

3:45 p.m.

Jim Mackay: Summation and Announcement of 2007 Theme

3:55 p.m.

Close: Hugh Barton