Enjoy “Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Enduring Significance of the American Revolution” at Festival of the Arts Boca on March 2, 2026!

Festival favorite Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most popular historians, returns for a fascinating talk about The Enduring Significance of the American Revolution: A Historical Perspective, in conversation with Dr. Robert Watson from Lynn University. 

Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times #1 best-selling author. Last year, she shared with us the story of her eighth book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. This year, as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, she reflects on how Americans have commemorated the nation’s founding – and how those commemorations have evolved with shifting values, struggles, and aspirations. Drawing from pivotal moments and collective memory, Goodwin will explore how each era has reinterpreted the Revolution’s legacy to meet the needs of its time, revealing as much about the present as the past.

With a historian’s insight and a personal connection – having recently discovered her ancestor fought in the Revolutionary War – Goodwin brings both scholarly depth and heartfelt resonance to America’s story. Through unity, progress, and protest, she traces how enduring struggles have continually reshaped the promise of democracy. With reverence for the past, she reminds us that history is not merely a record of what was – but a guide to what might be.

In this polarized, uncertain time, Goodwin urges us to draw strength from those who came before, to engage as active citizens, and to renew our belief in the power of collective action. In remembering our shared story, we find not only perspective – but purpose. And in honoring the long arc of struggle and progress, we may yet bend it, together, toward a more perfect union.

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