Exploring our nation’s rich history in innovative ways, the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience draws scholars and citizens, college students and national leaders to a unique 18th-century town on the Chesapeake Bay. Our guiding principle is that now more than ever, a wider understanding of our shared past is fundamental to the continuing success of America’s democratic experiment.
New "History on the Waterfront" Audio Tours
Chestertown visitors are invited to step back into the 18th century, and explore the Custom House and the surrounding waterfront district. This new audio-guided tour presents stories of Revolutionary leaders, British soldiers, slaves and convict servants.
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Book Prize Winner Comes to Washington College
Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, winner of our 2009 George Washington Book Prize for the best book on the founding era in American history, appeared at the Decker Theatre on October 22. Her book also received a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and Frederick Douglass Prize.
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Henry Fellowship Deadline Feb. 15
The C.V. Starr Center invites applications
for its residential Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship, which supports writing
on the history and/or legacy of the American Revolution and the nation’s founding ideas. Applications are due by February 15, 2010.
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