Wednesday, June 3, 2026 • 5:00 PM ETSponsored by the ESU Hawaii and Seattle Branches Did you know that Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth (President Lincoln’s assassin), performed Shakespeare […]
Join us for tea including an assortment of savory tea sandwiches, miniature scones served with jam, homemade lemon curd and Devonshire Cream, Scottish shortbread, homemade petit fours, and French macarons. […]
Sponsored by the ESU Richmond, VA Branch With the Commander of the American Forces from Virginia, four of the first five Presidents from Virginia, the authors of the Declaration of Independence, […]
Join us for the English-Speaking Union Denver Branch Annual Meeting and Brunch Saturday, July 11, 2026, at 10:30am MDT Denver Country Club1700 E 1st Avenue(intersection of Gilpin and 1st Avenue) […]
Dear Friends, Thank you again for being part of the truly special week in New York City this past April — a week that brought together the Annual General Conference, […]
During the 250th Anniversary of the birth of our nation, many focus on the colonial activities centering around New England. A little-known event occurred in North Carolina in the little village […]
Step into a gripping dialogue with acclaimed prize-winning historical biographer Flora Fraser and Doug Bradburn, President and CEO of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, as they reexamine the American Revolution through […]
NEW DISCOUNTED TICKET PRICE IS $25 PER PERSON, $20 FOR TEACHERS. “Love knows nothing of rank or riverbank. It will spark between a queenand the poor vagabond who plays the […]
As ESU Happy Hours continue to salute America’s 250th birthday, we turn to the great state of Connecticut. By the mid-to-late 1700s, western Connecticut had developed as a quiet, agricultural “backwater,” […]
Philadelphia, PA., America’s first capital, held a pivotal role as the cradle of American democracy. When George Washington took the oath of office in 1789, Philadelphia had the largest free […]
Daniel Boone (1734-1820) was an American pioneer, trailblazer, outdoorsman, revolutionary, and adventurer whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. The story of […]
Clive Aslet is a writer, publisher, podcaster and visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge. In 2025 he received the Board of Directors’ Award from the Institute of […]