AHP hosted a breakfast even to commemorate the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. At the breakfast, Jay Dickey gave a short talk about the history of the Bill of Rights, and the ratification process.

AHP hosted a Zoom lecture by Andrew Cotten, an expert on the history of the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston, which served as the main meeting place of the leaders of the American rebellion against Great Britain in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

AHP’s Jay Dickey travelled to Prescott Arizona to deliver a talk to the local chapter of the Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. His talk was entitled “1783: The End of the War, and the Founding of the Society of the Cincinnati.”

President Jay Dickey gave a presentation at a luncheon of the Sagebrush chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Reno, Nevada on the subject of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Saving the Past: The Incredible Story of Jamestown Rediscovery’s Archaeological Work at Jamestown Colony, and Its Race to Save the Remaining Archaeological Record of the First Permanent English Settlement in North America On September 13, 2025, American Heritage Partners and the Northern California Company of the Jamestowne Society are co-hosting a special luncheon featuring a fascinating lecture about the archaeological work being done at the historic Jamestowne Colony, and the thousands of artifacts that have been unearthed at the site of the original Jamestown Fort and surrounding areas on the James River. Our special guest speaker will be Mr. Michael Lavin, Director of Collections and Conservation at Jamestown Rediscovery, whose archaeologists have uncovered countless treasures and continue to make astounding discoveries.  Mr. Lavin will share some of those discoveries with us and explain the critical role that archaeology has played in our understanding of life in the earliest permanent English settlement in the New World. He also will talk about how climate change is posing an existential threat to the Jamestown site, and why public and private support for Jamestown Rediscovery’s work is so critically needed to complete the work before priceless artifacts are forever lost. Registration for the in-person luncheon will open soon.

President Jay Dickey gave a lecture to the Washington State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette’s Tour of America in 1824-25. 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of the tour, which is being commemorated this year in multiple ways throughout the United States. Lafayette, the last living General of the Continental Army, visited all 24 states in America, traveling over 6,000 miles in a period of 13 months. The largest crowds in American history to that point turned out to greet him everywhere he went, culminating in his appearance in Boston in June 1825 to lay the cornerstone of the monument being erected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the event, and afterwards, Lafayette filled several trunks with dirt from Bunker Hill to take home to France. The story of his Tour of America is one of the most compelling in American history.

AHP’s Jay Dickey gave a Zoom lecture to the Genealogy Lab of the Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno Nevada on the subject of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

Jay Dickey spoke to the Washoe Zephyr chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Lake Tahoe California about the American tour of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824-25.

The “Constitution Bowl” in Lincoln, California: On November 16, AHP President Jay Dickey served as a judge at the “Constitution Bowl” for high school students in Lincoln, California. The event was held at the John Adams Academy, and was hosted by "Founding Forward” (foundingforward.org). The Constitution Bowl concept was terrific, and the event attracted a very larger number of students and parents. The students work in teams of 3 or 4 students, and answer sometimes difficult questions about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the overall government framework established by the Founders. There are several rounds, with 4 teams advancing to the finals (there must have been 30-40 teams at this year’s event). Cash prizes are awarded to the winners— $750 to each team member for first place, $500 for each team member in second place, and $250 for the third-place finishers. President Dickey was impressed enough that AHP is now thinking about holding Constitution Bowls in other states—working, of course, in collaboration with Founding Forward. More news on this in early 2025!