JON MEACHAM SPEAKS IN FLINT TONIGHT!

Address by Jon Meacham in Flint Institute of Arts, 7 pm, Thursday, Sept. 24

America 250: Then, Now & Next

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. A highly
sought-after commentator, Meacham regularly appears on MSNBC, CNN,
and other news outlets. A skilled orator with a depth of knowledge about
politics, religion, and current affairs, Meacham has the unique ability to
bring history to life and offer historical context to current events and issues
impacting our daily lives — whether we realize it or not — to audiences of all
backgrounds and levels of understanding.

Meacham served as Newsweek’s managing editor from 1998 to 2006 and
as editor from 2006 to 2010. He is the author of multiple New York Times
bestsellers, including And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the
American Struggle and Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey
of George Herbert Walker Bush.

Named a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World
Economic Forum, he is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations and a fellow of the Society of American Historians.
Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt
University where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American
Presidency. In 2024 he was awarded the National Humanities
Medal by President Biden and was honored as a Library Lion
of the New York Public Library.

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