Fall 2026 Lecture Series:
Cultural, Civic, and Church Life: Prospects for Renewal

What is the purpose of battlefields, museums, and presidential homes? Should such places be centers of civic education that present the American story, or should they engage in activism and promote restorative justice?

Join Brenda Hafera, editor of The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites and Assistant Director for the Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, for a lively conversation about our nation’s cultural treasures.

Brenda Hafera is the Assistant Director and Research Fellow in the Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies. She previously served as the Director of International and Continuing Education at the Fund for American Studies and the Assistant Director of the Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study of Free Institutions and the Public Good at Villanova University.

Brenda holds a bachelor of arts in Political Science, a bachelor of science in Finance, and a master’s in Political Science from Villanova University. She was a Publius Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College. Her articles have appeared in publications such as Modern Age, The Federalist, Law and Liberty, The National Interest, RealClear Public Affairs, and The Hill.

Image: Governor’s Mansion in Colonial Williamsburg, VA by Christian Alvarez on Unsplash