Coming up at the Pittsburgh Marriott North

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“Benjamin Rush: The American Revolution’s Indispensable Doctor”

featuring speaker Joseph Loconte, PhD, C.S Lewis Scholar for Public Life at Grove City College & Director of the Rivendell Center

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA, 16066

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Individual ticket price: $30.00

Table sponsorships are available!

Table Sponsor: $500.00 – includes 10 seats, recognition on the table, & ‘thank you’ in program and from stage

A signer of the Declaration of Independence, chief surgeon in Washington’s Continental Army, pioneer in psychiatry, fervent abolitionist, and a man of faith. No American Founder more fully embodied the political and religious ideals of the Declaration and the Constitution. Come and learn about the most important Revolutionary leader that many Americans have never heard of.

Questions? Email Olivia (Whiteman) McGalla at McGallaOC@gcc.edu

Please join us on March 10, 2026 our fourth Foundations of American Leadership luncheon held at Pittsburgh Marriott North!

Joseph Loconte, PhD, is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, and filmmaker. He is the director of the Rivendell Center in New York City and hosts the YouTube channel History and the Human Story. He also serves as a presidential scholar at New College of Florida and as the C.S. Lewis Scholar for Public Life at Grove City College.

Mr. Loconte is the author of several books, including: the New York Times bestseller, A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 and God, Locke, and Liberty: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in the West. His most recent book is The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933-1945 (HarperCollins 2025). Mr. Loconte’s commentary has appeared in both scholarly and popular journals and outlets, including: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, the New Criterion, National Public Radio, National Geographic, and National Review. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he divides his time between Washington, DC and New York City.

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Continuing with the pursuit of teaching the next generation of American Leaders, the Institute for Faith & Freedom hosts a quarterly luncheon program: Foundations of American Leadership Series. These talks, now held at Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry Township, PA, highlight some of the most important American leaders throughout our nation’s storied history. Talks have ranged from Benjamin Franklin to Whittaker Chambers and from Bill Clinton to James Madison. These talks provide a valuable forum for the Institute for Faith & Freedom to discuss important figures that stood for the same principles that the Institute seeks to espouse. The series has drawn hundreds of guests and features prominent scholars and thought leaders from across the country. At the Institute for Faith & Freedom, we view a love for truth and a love for liberty as inseparable allies. Liberty cannot long flourish in the absence of truth, and truth is not affirmed where liberty denied. In fact, America’s extraordinary achievement lies in the essential combination of both truth and liberty. Providing the popular Foundations of American Leadership Series fosters an environment for the study of liberty and truth in the lives of historic figures. Please consider joining us for our next Foundations of American Leadership Series. And we invite you to browse our archives of past lectures as well. We look forward to seeing you soon.