“Celebrate America’s 250th” Book Club
This free book club (registration is required) meets at various area coffee shops from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Feb. 13, March 13, May 8, July 10, Sept. 11, and Nov. 13, 2026. Registration is required only once to join the club, and new members are welcome anytime!
Life on this continent in 1776 was vastly different than it is today. Still, our Founding Fathers felt burdened by the rule of a faraway king and had a vision of a better life. How did they convince residents of 13 individual colonies that their vision was worth fighting for? What was life like for ordinary people during the revolutionary period? What made the Founding Fathers tick? Celebrate, reacquaint, and re-examine this era in our history by joining “Celebrate America’s 250th,” Fe University’s free book club on the Revolutionary era.
We will meet on Feb. 13, March 13, May 8, July 10, Sept. 11, and Nov. 13 at different area coffee shops to discuss a book, selected by book club members, about this period. There is no charge to join this free book club and you are not required to attend all sessions. A Zoom option will be available on request.
Registration is required only once to join the club! Even if you don’t plan to attend until summer, for example, please register now to stay in the loop on our club’s meetings and readings.
Currently planned are:
- Friday, Feb. 13, at The Crafty Cup in Mercer: For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions by James R. Gaines
- Friday, March 13, at Great Northern Coffee Traders in Minocqua: The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph P. Ellis
- Friday, May 8, at area coffee shop or Northwoods Hub in Mercer, to be determined: The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to be Intimidated” by John L. Smith
- Friday, July 10, at Northwoods Hub in Mercer or Generations in Woodruff, to be determined: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- Friday, Sept. 11, at area coffee shop or other location, to be determined: The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution by Alfred F. Young
- Friday, Nov. 13, at area coffee shop or other location, to be determined: book to be determined
Online Registration: Scroll down to our Registration form to register online!
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Registration Questions? Contact us or call (715) 862-2032 or (715) 476-2881.
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