Not-Yet Members Lecture Series Package. Available August 27, 2026.
Members Lecture Series Package. Available August 27, 2026.
Insiders Lecture Series Package. $130.
Please note that the series package includes all seven lectures taking place every Monday from January 25 to March 8, 2027.
The series will take place in McElreath Hall. Doors open at 1:30pm and lectures begin promptly at 2:00 pm with a brief intermission. Parking is free.
About the Lecture
Join Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky to learn how John Adams defended the presidency as George Washington envisioned it, preserved executive authority, and created the peaceful transfer of power. Facing a threat of war from France, a mutiny in his own cabinet, and treacherous partisan divisions, Adams demonstrated remarkable restraint and civic virtue. These contributions preserved the new republic through the first constitutional crisis and remain essential to our institutions today.
*Copies of Dr. Chervinsky’s book, Making the Presidency, will be available on site for purchase at the event.
About the Lecturer
Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Dr. Chervinsky is the author of the award-winning books Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic and The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, and co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. Dr. Chervinsky regularly writes for public audiences in publications like the Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and provides commentary and historical context for outlets like CBS News, C-SPAN, Face the Nation, the New York Times, and NPR.