Retreat Farm and Vermont Public invite you to join us for an powerful event exploring the very heart of American ideals.
The Declaration Project, created by American pianist and NPR personality Lara Downes, is an invitation across the nation to explore and express our vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, imagining the next chapter of our American story.
For this musical conversation, Downes will be joined by Jill Lepore, professor of history and law at Harvard and a staff writer at The New Yorker, whose recent books include "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" and "These Truths: A History of the United States." Downes and Lepore will explore the past, present, and future of American democracy as expressed through its music, beginning with the song "My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free" written in 1759 by founding father Francis Hopkinson. This conversation will be recorded and broadcast as part of NPR's America in Pursuit series.
The Declaration Project is a non-partisan initiative meant to promote empathy, community, and unity. All proceeds from this event go to support Vermont Public.
TICKET INFO:
General Admission
- Doors open at 6:15pm
- Event begins at 7pm.
Meet & Greet
Join Lara Downes and Jill Lepore for appetizers in the North Barn from 5:30-6:15 prior to general admission opening. You will also receive a signed copy of Jill Lepore's book "This America: The Case for the Nation."
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE:
https://retreatfarm.ticketspice.com/the-declaration-project?mc_cid=8ee7c686ce&mc_eid=UNIQID
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Lara Downes is a Yamaha artist.
The Declaration Project at Retreat Farm is supported in part by the Brattleboro Music Center, the Brattleboro Reformer, Yamaha, Down Right Productions, and the generosity of Retreat Farm Donors. Thank you!
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