Dr. Patrick Spero is chief executive officer of the American Philosophical Society and the author of four books on the era of the American Revolution.

The University of Kentucky Department of History's 1776 Series is pleased to welcome Christy Coleman for her talk, "The Power of the Declaration." The 1776 Series brings leading historians and public scholars to campus to deepen understandings of the American Revolution and its enduring legacy.

The 1776 Series is free and open to the public.

About Christy Coleman

Coleman has held leadership positions at Colonial Williamsburg, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the American Civil War Museum. She currently serves as executive director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. In 2018, Time magazine named her one of its "31 People Changing the South" for her leadership in reframing national conversations about the Civil War and its enduring legacy.

Visitor Parking

Visitor parking is available nearby. Rates are $2/hour unless noted.

Garage

• Cornerstone Garage (PS #5) has entrances on South Limestone and Upper Street. Cost is $2/hour with a $30/exit maximum.

Surface Lots (pay at the meter)

• Bill Gatton Student Center Lot is located off Avenue of Champions. Cost is $2/hour.

For more visitor parking information, visit transportation.uky.edu/visitoroptions.

Kickoff Event for the Department of History's CELEBRATING 1776 Series

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Join us for a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Ellis, moderated by University of Kentucky professor Amy Murrell Taylor.

About Joseph Ellis

The author of 12 books, Ellis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" and won the National Book Award for "American Sphinx," a biography of Thomas Jefferson. He has taught at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His commentaries have been featured on CSPAN, CNN, and PBS’s News Hour, and he appears in the major new PBS documentary "The American Revolution."

Ellis’ latest work, "The Great Contradiction," examines how a government that had been justified and founded on the principles articulated in the Declaration of Independence institutionalized slavery and created a tidal wave of western migration by settlers who understood the phrase “pursuit of happiness” to mean the pursuit of Indian lands.

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