Keynote Address by John Meacham: America 250: Then, Now & Next
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Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Event Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, seating begins at 6:30pm
Location: Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI 48503
Keynote Address by John Meacham: America 250: Then, Now & Next
A ticket is not required for the event, this registration allows for better planning for seating. Seating will be first come, first served at the door.
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.
Event Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, seating begins at 6:30pm
Location: Flint Institute of Arts, 1120 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI 48503
Keynote Address by John Meacham: America 250: Then, Now & Next
A ticket is not required for the event, this registration allows for better planning for seating. Seating will be first come, first served at the door.
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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