Tickets for the full conference (including lunch and dinner) are $125.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
America at 250: What 1776 Was All About
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | Atrium | Check In – Coffee and Water available
8:45 a.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “Welcome” | with Dr. Paul Kengor
8:50 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “Reason, Revelation, and Revolution” | with Dr. Joseph Loconte
9:50 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “A Civics Lesson: 1776” | with Lenny McAllister and Megan Martin
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “The Most American College in America” | with Grove City College President Bradley J. Lingo’ 00
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Rathburn Hall | Morledge Room | “American Miracle” | with Michael Medved
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “The Faith of the Founders” by Dr. Gary Scott Smith ’72 and “Securing the Revolution: James Madison and the Creation of the United States Constitution” by Dr. Jay Cost
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “The Founders and Slavery” | with Dr. Paul Kengor
4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Sticht Lecture Hall | SHAL | “Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America” | with Lawrence W. (“Larry”) Reed ’75
5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Dinner | Morledge Room | Rathburn Hall | “The Making of the American Mind” | with Dr. Matthew Spalding
7:15 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. | Crawford Auditorium | Crawford Hall | World Premiere of the documentary “The Impossible Dream” with filmmaker Q&A. (open to the public, no ticket needed)