Schedule: July 27 - 28, 2023
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Thursday, July 27 Museum of the American Revolution, |
Friday, July 28 Museum of the American Revolution, |
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| 9:30 am | Plenary Session | |
| 10:30 am |
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| 11:30 am | Finance Committee | |
| 12:30 pm | Luncheon | |
| 1:30 pm | Investment Committee | |
| 2:00 pm | Walking Tour of Independence National Historical Park | |
| 3:00 pm | Executive Committee | |
| 3:45 pm | Board of Trustees Meeting | |
| 6:00 pm | Summer Benefit Dinner |
July Details and Registration
THURSDAY, JULY 27
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Walking Tour of Independence National Historical Park
Participants: Open to all American Ancestors members and guests with registration
Click here to register for Walking Tour
Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia is a wonderful city full of important history and architecture. Our walking tour will include such iconic buildings as the Pennsylvania State House, also known as Independence Hall; The Carpenters Company, which hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774; the First and Second Banks of the United States, created as part of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton’s plan to assume and pay war debt, raise money, and create a national currency; the Merchant’s Exchange, which became the financial center of the city, hosting the country’s first stock exchange; The Philadelphia Athenaeum, a special collections library and museum founded in 1814 that focuses on the history of American architecture and building technology: and Christ Church, known as “the Nation’s Church,” it hosted members of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
About our tour guide:
James Mundy is the Historian and Art Curator for The Union League Legacy Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia, where he has worked since 1978. Since then, he has held several positions, including Archivist, Librarian, Curator, and Director of Library & Historical Collections. Jim has lectured and written articles on Union League, Civil War, and Philadelphia history, and has taken League members on tours of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Italy. He also gives tours on Philadelphia architecture for The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art and The Preservation Alliance of Philadelphia. He is an alum of The Attingham Summer School, ’06, and the immediate past president of The Woodlands Cemetery and The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation in Philadelphia.
THURSDAY, JULY 27
6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Summer Benefit Dinner: The Immigration Revolution of British America, 1600–1800
Honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Alan Taylor
Participants: Open to all American Ancestors members and guests with paid registration or sponsorship
Click here to register for Summer Dinner
Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA
(Coat and tie required for gentlemen; cocktail attire for ladies.)
Join us as we honor author and historian Alan Taylor with our Lifetime Achievement Award in Early American History. He will speak on the topic of population and ethnicity in early America.
Dinner registration includes access to the museum's exhibits.
Proceeds of the Family History Benefit Dinner help fund our groundbreaking work, including educational programs, youth outreach, original research and scholarship, diversity programming, publications, and online services and content development.
About our Honoree:
Alan Taylor has twice won the Pulitzer Prize in History, most recently for The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, which was also a National Book Award finalist. Taylor has written extensively about the colonial history of the United States, the American Revolution, and the early American Republic. His books include Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier, 1760-1820 (1990); William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early Republic (1995); American Colonies (2001); Writing Early American History (2005); The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution (2006); The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies (2010); American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (2016); Thomas Jefferson’s Education (2019); and American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850 (2021).
For a dozen years, Taylor served as the faculty advisor for the California State Social Science and History Project, which provides curriculum support and professional development for K-12 teachers in history and social studies. In 2016 he won membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2020, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. He is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia.
FRIDAY, JULY 28
9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Continental Breakfast
Participants: All Trustees, Councilors, Honorary Trustees, and Candidates; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register
FRIDAY, JULY 28
9:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Plenary Session
Participants: All Trustees, Councilors, Honorary Trustees, and Candidates; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register
FRIDAY, JULY 28
10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Development Committee
Participants: All Trustees, Councilors, Honorary Trustees, and Candidates; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Development Cmte.
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register for Development Cmte.
Development Committee members:
| M. David Sherrill (Chair) | Rebecca M. Rogers (Councilor) |
| Robb Aley Allan (Trustee) | David M. Trebing (ex-officio) |
| Susan Carlson (Trustee) | D. Brenton Simons (ex-officio) |
| Richard Batchelder (Councilor) | Ryan J. Woods (Clerk of the Corporation) |
| Rebecca Madsen (Councilor) | Meghan Hallock (VP for Advancement) |
FRIDAY, JULY 28
11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Finance Committee
Participants: Finance Committee Members; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Finance Cmte.
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register for Finance Cmte.
Finance Committee members:
| John E. Corcoran (Treasurer and Committee Chair) | Sarah Gunderson (Councilor) |
| Nordahl L. Brue (Trustee) | Beverly L. Hamilton (Councilor) |
| Mark Thomas Cox, IV (Trustee) | Roger T. Servison (Councilor) |
| Gerard A. Halpin, III (Trustee) | David N. Smith (Councilor) |
| Brenda L. Johnson (Trustee) | Diana M. Smith (Councilor) |
| Andrew P. Langlois (Trustee) | Thomas R. Wilcox Jr. (Councilor) |
| Jonathan B. Treat (Trustee) | Frank C. Ripley (Honorary Trustee) |
| Sumner E. Anderson (Councilor) | David M. Trebing (ex-officio) |
| Brent J. Andersen (Councilor) | D. Brenton Simons (ex-officio) |
| Marc E. Chardon (Councilor) | Ryan J. Woods (Clerk of the Corporation) |
| Prudence S. Crozier (Councilor) | Bruce Bernier (American Ancestors CFO) |
| Cheryl L. Edwards (Councilor) |
FRIDAY, JULY 28
12:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Luncheon
Participants: All Trustees, Councilors, Honorary Trustees, and Candidates; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Lunch
FRIDAY, JULY 28
1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Investment Committee
Participants: Investment Committee Members; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Investment Cmte.
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register for Investment Cmte.
Investment Committee members:
| Jonathan B. Treat (Chair) | Bill Griffeth (Councilor) |
| John E. Corcoran (Treasurer) | Beverly L. Hamilton (Councilor) |
| Mark T. Cox, IV (Trustee) | Stephen J. McCarthy (Councilor) |
| Gerard A. Halpin, III (Trustee) | Ryan D. Taliaferro (Councilor) |
| Andrew P. Langlois (Trustee) | David M. Trebing (ex-officio) |
| Mark Kimball Nichols (Trustee) | D. Brenton Simons (ex-officio) |
| Eric N. Ward (Trustee) | Ryan J. Woods (Clerk of the Corporation) |
| Jay Goetschius (Councilor) | Bruce Bernier (American Ancestors CFO) |
FRIDAY, JULY 28
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Executive Committee
Participants: Executive Committee Members Only; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Executive Cmte.
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register for Executive Cmte.
Executive Committee members:
| David Trebing (Chair) | M. David Sherrill (Vice Chair) |
| Bonnie A. Reilly (Second Vice Chair) | John E. Corcoran (Treasurer) |
| Gerard A. Halpin, III (Secretary) | Mark Kimball Nichols (Corresponding Secretary) |
| D. Brenton Simons (President and CEO, ex-officio) | Ryan J. Woods (Clerk of the Corporation) |
FRIDAY, JULY 28
3:45 p.m. Eastern Time
Board of Trustees Meeting
Participants: Trustees Only; registration required
IN-Person Option: Click here to register for Trustees Meeting
or
ZOOM Option: Click here to register for Trustees Meeting
Board of Trustees:
| David M. Trebing (Chair) | Jo Anne C. Makely |
| M. David Sherrill (Vice Chair) | Nancy S. Maulsby |
| Bonnie A. Reilly (Second Vice Chair) | John S. Rando, Jr. |
| John E. Corcoran (Treasurer) | Helen E. R. Sayles |
| Gerard A. Halpin, III (Secretary) | Jonathan B. Treat |
| Mark Kimball Nichols (Corresponding Secretary) | Elizabeth B. Vitton |
| Robb Aley Allan | Eric N. Ward |
| Nordahl L. Brue | Nancy C. Webster |
| Susan E. Carlson | Brenda M. Williams |
| Mark Thomas Cox, IV | D. Brenton Simons (President and CEO, ex-officio) |
| Brenda L. Johnson | Ryan J. Woods (Clerk of the Corporation) |
| Andrew P. Langlois | |
| Keli D. Levine |
Accommodation Options
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The Independence Park Hotel – across the street from the Museum of the American Revolution.
Address: 235 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 922-4443
To receive a discount at The Independence Park Hotel, please call (215) 922-4443 and ask for the Sales Department. Mention you are part of the American Ancestors | American Ancestors group holding events at the Museum of the American Revolution. Discounted rates are $179 a night, plus tax, for a queen room or $199, plus tax, for a king room. Discounted rates are good for the nights of July 26 and 27. Please note this is NOT a hotel block reservation, it is a discounted rate agreement between the hotel, the Museum of the American Revolution, and American Ancestors.
Other area hotels:
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel – 0.2 miles away
Address: 401 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 925-0000
- Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia – 0.2 miles away
Address: 433 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 925-2111
- Philadelphia Marriott Old City – 0.2 miles away
Address: One Dock St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 238-6000
- Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District – 0.4 miles away
Address: 400 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: (215) 923-8660
- Philadelphia Marriott Downtown – 1 mile away
Address: Guest Entrance at 1201 Market Street, 1200 Filbert St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 625-2900
Future Meeting Dates
October 2023:
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January 2024:
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April 2024:
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July 2024:
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| Thursday, October 26: Benefit Event |
Thursday, January 25: Benefit Event |
Thursday, April 25: Benefit Event |
Thursday, July 25: Benefit Event |
| Friday, October 27: Plenary, Committees, Executive, and Board of Trustees Meetings |
Friday, January 26: Plenary, Committees, Executive, and Board of Trustees Meetings |
Friday, April 26: Plenary, Committees, Executive, and Board of Trustees Meetings |
Friday, July 26: Plenary, Committees, Executive, and Board of Trustees Meetings |
| Saturday, April 27: Plenary, Committees, Executive, and Board of Trustees Meetings |