Washington Remembered, Washington Forgotten: Washington and Slavery (talk and book signing)

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 at the Cambridge Public Library (and streaming online). 

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

Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory will be available for purchase and signing.

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  Saturday, Jun 27, 2026 4:00p

  Kendall Square Plaza

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