What is Chautauqua? When people who have never visited this singular community ask that question, those who have experienced Chautauqua Institution for a week or a season or even a lifetime are often hard-pressed to
David Geary
The story of public education in the United States is, like much of American history, a story of racial injustice and how such injustice has been addressed and, sometimes, overcome. In 1740, the colony
In its 142 years, Chautauqua Institution has attracted a who’s-who of cultural, educational, religious and political luminaries. Among them have been four sitting American presidents: Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Bill
Theodore Roosevelt once called Chautauqua Institution “the most American thing in America.” As governor of New York, Roosevelt visited the Institution on Aug. 19, 1899, and gave a spirited talk from a balcony at the Aldine on Simpson Avenue. The theme was the political responsibilities of all