Virtual Program: Watergate At 50 — The Burglary That Changed The Nation

Learn the story of how a local break-in became a national scandal on Thursday, October 27 at 7PM via Zoom, and how it profoundly changed the way Americans think about their political institutions.

Fifty years after the break-in at the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, we still do not know the full story of how the burglary came to happen. What we DO know is that the events that followed, culminating in President Nixon’s resignation in August of 1974, continue to hold lessons about the nature of power that seem to resonate ever more strongly as the years go by. 

Led by Daniel Breen, a Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies at Brandeis University, and a recipient of the Louis Brandeis Award for Excellence in Teaching. While his primary academic interests lay in the law and politics of the Early Republic, he also holds a Ph.D. in American History and enjoys lecturing on a wide variety of subjects.

Register directly on Zoom HERE. This virtual event is a collaboration between several libraries.