Pulitzer Prize Winner to Speak at Alexandria’s Historic Christ Church
September 9th, 2008 Categories: Alexandria
Debby Applegate, recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for “The Most Famous Man in America: a biography of Henry Ward Beecher” will speak on Saturday, September 13th at 5:30pm at Alexandria’s historic Christ Church.
Ms. Applegate’s appearance is the inaugural event in church’s new Second Saturday Community Speaker Series which will explore issues of faith and public life. A summa cum laude graduate of Amherst College and the holder of a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University, Applegate will speak about Beecher’s life and career and illustrate how the intersection of faith and public life has always been a topic of intense debate.
The parish home of George Washington and Robert E. Lee, Christ Church has long been at the center of religious and public life in the metropolitan area. Visitors have included Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Senator Elizabeth Dole, and former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey.
Previous speakers have included Rosa Parks, Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West, former Chief of Staff of the Army Gordon Sullivan, former White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen, and former Assistant Secretary of State Hodding Carter.
Tickets for the event, which will be followed by a reception and book signing, will be available at the door for $20 (cash or check only). For more information, contact Jennifer McKenzie at 703.549.1450.
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