Brenda Hafera

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Brenda Hafera is the assistant director and senior policy analyst with the Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

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    Why the American Colonists Rebelled

    Brenda Hafera
    The following is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered on May 28, 2026, at the “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Reenactment at The Heritage Foundation. Britain’s seven year war with France came at a great cost. Its consequences would alter the world. England accumulated a substantial amount of debt throughout the…
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    What We as Americans Can Learn From Historic Sites

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    The National Park Service Is Still Promoting Gender Ideology, Alfred Kinsey

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    Why Is Marxism—But Not Madison—Being Taught at Montpelier?

    Brenda Hafera | Zack Smith
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    Why Radicals Want to Sully Thanksgiving

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    Something’s Queer at Colonial Williamsburg

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    Did Southern Poverty Law Center and James Madison Museum Team Up to Put ‘Anti-racist’ Curriculum in Virginia Schools?

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    Presidents Day Reflections on George Washington’s American Character

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    Former Trans Teen Launches Organization to Support Detransitioners

    Virginia Allen | Brenda Hafera
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    What I Noticed Was Missing at James Madison’s Montpelier Home

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    Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier Backed by Southern Poverty Law Center

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    The ‘Woke’ Takeover of James Madison’s Montpelier

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    What Jane Austen Can Teach Us About Dating and Romance Today

    Virginia Allen | Mary Margaret Olohan | Brenda Hafera
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    Reese Witherspoon’s Daughter Is Wrong About Gender Being ‘Whatever’

    Brenda Hafera | Lauren Evans
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    The Case for American Femininity

    Brenda Hafera
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    Sensationalizing Jane Austen

    Brenda Hafera