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| 24th Annual Blavatt Lecture featuring David M. Rubenstein features The Declaration of Independence at 250: Its Origins and Importance on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. David M. Rubenstein will speak at the 24th Annual Blavatt Lecture hosted by the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College. His lecture will explore the origins and enduring significance of the Declaration of Independence as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary. The Blavatt Lecture series highlights leaders who offer firsthand perspectives on American public life while emphasizing truth, justice, and civil discourse. Mr. Rubenstein is a Baltimore native and is the Chairman, CEO, and principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago; a Trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; and a Director of Moderna, Inc. and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among other board seats. Free and open to the public. Mara Auditorium, Masters Hall, Gettysburg College |

300 N. Washington Street Gettysburg, PA 17325
07:00 pm
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