This program offers a fun and insightful l ook at the great Founding Father\, including his difficult upbringing\, re markable rise to power\, many important contributions to the creation of t he United States\, and the depiction of Hamilton in the hit Broadway music al.
\nDr. Robert Watson will be sharing insights into the life and l egacy of Alexander Hamilton in advance of the highly acclaimed Broadway mu sical HAMILTON which returns to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts from Nov 10-Nov 22\, 2026 as part of the Bank of America Broadway in Fort Lauderdale Series.
\nWatson currently serves as Distinguished Profe ssor of American History\, Avron Fogelman Research Professor\, and Assista nt Director of the Center for Citizenship &\; Civility at Lynn Universi ty. He has published nearly fifty books on history and politics\, five wor ks of fiction\, and hundreds of scholarly journal articles\, book chapters \, and reference essays. His most recent book &ldquo\;Declaration\, The St ory of American Independence\,&rdquo\; was published in February 2026 in a dvance of the America 250 celebration.
\nOther recent books \;Am erica&rsquo\;s First Crisis\, \;The Nazi Titanic\, \;The Ghost Shi p of Brooklyn\, \;George Washington&rsquo\;s Final Battle\, Escape\, W hen Washington Burned\, \;and \;America's First Plague \;have received critical acclaim. A frequent media commentator\, Watson has been interviewed by local\, national and international television\, radio\, pri nt and online outlets including CNN\, MSNBC\, \;Time\, \;USA \ ;Today\, \;The New York Times\, BBC and more. He served for many years as the political analyst for WPTV 5 NBC\, a Sunday columnist for the \;Sun-Sentinel \;newspaper and a regular guest on television shows &ld quo\;To the Point&rdquo\; (WPTV 5 NBC) and &ldquo\;Issues&rdquo\; (WPBT 2 PBS) and on radio programs on RTE One Ireland\, the Australian Broadcastin g Corporation\, WIOD 610 AM and WFTL 850 AM.
\nWatson has co-convene d a half-dozen national conferences on the American presidency and regular ly lectures at universities\, museums and historic sites around the countr y. He also serves as the series editor for the long-running scholarly book anthology on the American presidency published by the State University of New York and as the editor of two popular multi-volume\, multi-edition en cyclopedia sets &ndash\; \;The American Presidents \;and \;Ame rican First Ladies. Several of his books have won national and internation al book awards and been featured at major literary festivals and on C-SPAN .
\nDr. Robert Watson
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A Service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners
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