Benzonia Academy Lecture Series: “Feuding Founders: Collaboration & Conflict Between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.”

The year 2026 will mark 250 years since the thirteen colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. Among others, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams worked together to draft this founding document in American history. Their collaborative efforts shaped the nation in many ways, yet their relationship in the years following the American Revolution was complicated. Join West Shore Community College history professor Mike Nagle as he chronicles the factors that led the pair to become bitter rivals during the Early Republic, their competing visions for the nation’s future, and their eventual reconciliation in later years.