Washington Remembered, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery (Main/Virtual)
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Cambridge Public Library
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- In-person only.
Main Library
Mid Cambridge
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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Dates and Times
Monday, March 30 6PM – 7:30PM
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To mark the 250th anniversaries of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, a coalition of local non-profits and government agencies will present Washington in American Memory, a seven-part speaker series.
Explore how Americans have remembered and forgotten Washington's involvement with slavery over the past 250 years, featuring:
- Kelli Racine Barnes, ACE Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow
- John Garrison Marks, author of Thy Will Be Done: George Washington's Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (forthcoming) and Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History
- Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House & Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Tufts University Center for the Humanities
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Last updated February 28, 2026.
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