The 2026 Summer Speaker Series will continue at 5 p.m. Thursday, August 20, at Historic Christ Church & Museum, 420 Christ Church Rd., Weems. Dr. Jane Kamensky, president and chief executive officer of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, will present “‘You and I have passed our Lives in Serious Times’: Learning from Jefferson and Adams.”
In a moment when Americans continue to debate the meaning and practice of democratic citizenship, Dr. Kamensky’s talk will explore the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—founding friends in the 1770s, political rivals in the 1790s, and later correspondents whose renewed friendship offered….
