{"id":355854,"date":"2026-07-09T00:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/heads-up-houston-im-bringing-the-founding-frenemies-your-way-june-13\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:56:18","slug":"heads-up-houston-im-bringing-the-founding-frenemies-your-way-june-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=355854","title":{"rendered":"Heads up Houston! I’m bringing the Founding Frenemies your way June 13."},"content":{"rendered":"


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Live public history talk in Houston 6\/13\/26<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thrilled to help celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday at the Houston History Research Center on June 13th with a talk on the \u201cfounding frenemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can find more details and register for the free event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been living with these feuding founders for a while now\u2014I just wrapped up teaching a course on the Founding Frenemies for UMass Boston\u2019s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and it was a really incredible experience.<\/p>\n

For five weeks, I had the privilege of spending 90 minutes at a time with a group of curious, engaged lifelong learners exploring some of the most fascinating and contentious relationships in early American history. We dug into the conniving trickery of Aaron Burr, the rise and fall of George Washington\u2019s close friendship with James Madison, and John Adams\u2019s rivalries with Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson.<\/p>\n

This class reinforced the idea that the founders were not made of marble any more than the nation they created. They were humans with curiosity and passion, with strong opinions, tempers, paranoia and fragile egos. And\u00a0differences<\/em>. You don\u2019t get the United States as we know it without both the manic energy of John Adams and the confident chill of Ben Franklin. If my students took away one thing from my course, it\u2019s that America has never been one thing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in the Houston area, I\u2019d love to see you June 13th! Not only will it be a fun story-filled event, but it takes place in the gorgeous 100-year-old Julia Ideson Building that (according to legend) is haunted by the ghost of an old caretaker<\/a>.\u00a0How cool is that?<\/em><\/p>\n

America at 250: Founding Frenemies and the Rivalries that Shaped the Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026
Time: 11:00am \u2013 12:30pm Central Time
Location: Houston History Research Center \u2013 Julia Ideson Building \u2013\u00a0Meldrum Room (1st Floor)
You can find details and register for the free event here: https:\/\/calendar.houstonlibrary.org\/event\/16693436<\/a><\/p>\n

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