Ashland University Alexander Hamilton Society

Alexander Hamilton Society’s chapter at Ashland University is up and running under new President Sean Quigley! Come visit us at the Student Organization fair, and save the date for our first event Friday, September 25th with AEI’s Dr. Ryan Berg!

Last night, the AU Alexander Hamilton Society was privileged to host Mr. Klon Kitchen, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Dr. Greg McBrayer of the AU History and Political Science Department for a rousing debate on the present and future use of drone warfare. We extend warm gratitude to our debaters for such a riveting evening, as well as to our moderator, Dr. Jason Stevens, for helping facilitate.

Head on up to the Ashbrook Center at 7pm and join us!

On this date (July 14), 1804: General Alexander Hamilton was laid to rest. It was a solemn, but grand funeral, complete with full military honors. Guns fired from the Battery, drums played, church bells rang, and ships in the harbor flew their colors at half-mast. His sword and hat donned the top of his beautiful mahogany casket. New York militia units led the funeral procession, bearing their arms in reversed position, their muzzles pointed downward. Hamilton’s gray horse followed; the boots and spurs of its former rider reversed in the stirrups. His four eldest sons, “with tears gushing from their eyes,” walked the route, trailed by representatives of every segment of New York society; from artisans to mechanics, bankers, physicians, students, laborers, politicians and more – collectively reflecting the diverse economic mosaic that Hamilton had envisioned for America. The crowd of mourners was so large that the procession streamed on for over two hours before the last of them arrived at Trinity Church. “Not a smile was visible, and hardly a whisper was to be heard, but tears were seen rolling down the cheeks of the affected multitude,” wrote one newspaper. In the eulogy, Hamilton’s dear friend Gouverneur Morris said that “knowing the purity of his heart, he bore it, as it were, in his hand, exposing to every passenger its inmost recesses.” He also told his fellow citizens that Hamilton “never lost sight of your interests…in his most private and confidential conversations, the single objects of discussion and consideration were your freedom and happiness.”
(photo taken by Jenny Davis, Park Ranger at the Hamilton Grange NM)

Earlier this month, Kailyn and Nick attended the AHS Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference included numerous panels and exercises on foreign policy and building a strong AHS chapter presence on campus. They also enjoyed touring the US Naval Academy and hearing from US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliot Abrams. Our AHS chapter was even awarded for the design of the event poster pictured here!

Good afternoon fellow Hamiltonians! Thanks to everyone who came out to our event last week and we’d especially like to express our gratitude to Drs. Kroenig and Paddags for sitting on our debate panel. Make sure to keep a look out for future events in October!