If you are in the Charlottesville, VA area on March 18 stop by the City Council Chambers for a panel discussion on religion and the founding fathers. The panel is part of the 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book.
Here are the details:
Founding Fathers and Religion
Fri. March 18th, 2011 – 4:00 PM
Barbara Clark Smith, The Freedoms We Lost: Consent and Resistance in Revolutionary America.
John Fea, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation: A Historical Introduction
John Ragosta, Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia’s Religious Dissenters Helped Win the American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty.
Location:
City Council Chambers
605 E Main St
(434)970-3113
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