LANCASTER—Historic Christ Church & Museum’s 2024 Summer Speaker Series, “The First Three: From Washington to Jefferson,” will conclude September 19 with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky’s “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.”
The program will begin at 5 p.m. with a wine and cheese reception with the speaker followed by the presentation at 6 p.m. and a book signing after at Historic Christ Church & Museum, 420 Christ Church Road, Weems, reported Foundation for Historic Christ Church executive director Robert J. Teagle. Tickets are $25 (books not included). For tickets visit ChristChurch1735.org.
Chervinsy recently was appointed executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.
Her presentation will investigate the leadership and legacy of Adams, whose presidency marked a period critical to the survival of the American republic and helped define the office for those who followed. Adams faced enormous challenges at home and abroad alongside impossible expectations as Washington’s successor in a new nation unsure if the presidency could even work without the father of the country at the helm.
Chervinsky will show how relying on his own ideas about executive power and the Constitution, Adams defended the presidency from his own often obstructionist cabinet, protected the nation from foreign attacks and forged trust and dedication to election integrity and the peaceful transfer of power between parties despite the costs to his political future.
Tickets are $25 (books not included). For tickets visit ChristChurch1735.org.
