Thy Will Be Done: Manipulating the Memory of George Washington and Slavery with John Garrison Marks

Historian John Garrison Marks explores Americans’ centuries-long struggle to reckon with slavery’s place in George Washington’s legacy, and what it means for us on the nation’s 250th anniversary. Tracing how politicians, abolitionists, educators, activists, descendants and others have remembered, ignored or manipulated this history, Marks reveals how debates over collective memory reflect a broader struggle to define both the nation and ourselves.