Humble Service and Fervent Supplication, George Washington’s First Inaugural Address

This Friday Forum will be followed by a special tour and tea celebration at Mount Vernon.

Joseph Prud’homme is the Burton Family Chair in Religion, Politics, and Culture, and the director of the Institute for Religion, Politics,and Culture at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. 

This talk is a part of our Founding Freedoms Lecture Series, that seeks to help Capitol Hill Staff think more deeply about the freedoms bequeathed to this nation – and the religious tenets that undergird them.