TFAS supporters, friends and local alumni are invited to join TFAS for a forum and keynote luncheon discussion featuring Lord Daniel Hannan on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at the Naples Yacht Club. Lord Daniel Hannan, TFAS America 250 Visiting Fellow, member of the U.K. House of Lords and author of “Inventing Freedom,” will deliver the keynote address on “250 Years of Freedom: What the American Tradition Means to the World.” The forum will also feature two panels on the state of civic knowledge in America and how organizations like TFAS are working to address the issue. Additional forum panelists will be announced soon.

This event is part of The Fund for American Studies 2026 Regional Conferences, Developing Courageous Citizens: Revitalizing Civic Education and America’s Founding Principles, a series of forums held around the country to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Join leaders, scholars, students and alumni as we showcase how TFAS programs can build a pipeline of courageous citizens to carry forward the American experiment.


Event Details:
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The Naples Yacht Club
700 14th Avenue South
Naples, FL 34102

Attire: Business 
Parking: Self-Parking

RSVP:
Please RSVP by Monday, January 26.

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Please contact Ed Turner at [email protected] or 202.714.0272 if you have any questions.

ABOUT Lord Daniel Hannan:

Lord Daniel Hannan of Kingsclere is the TFAS America 250 Visiting Fellow. An author and columnist, he serves as International Secretary of the Conservative Party, as well as teaching at the University of Buckingham and the University of Francisco Marroquín. 

He has written nine books, including the New York Times bestseller “Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World.” He sat as a Conservative Member of the European Parliament for 21 years and was a founder of Vote Leave. He is a regular columnist for, among others, The Sunday Telegraph, The Washington Examiner and The Daily Mail. Lord Hannan is President of the Institute for Free Trade.   


ABOUT TFAS:
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is an educational nonprofit that is developing courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world. By offering a portfolio of more than 20 academic programs, fellowships and seminars, the TFAS Journey helps cultivate future leaders from high school, all the way through to their university studies and professional careers. 

TFAS builds intellectual rigor and sustained relationships over time that result in deep impact and long-term change. After more than 50 years of programs, the evidence of TFAS’s success is clear. TFAS alumni are the leaders our nation needs right now and, in the decades to come. Today, there are nearly 49,000 TFAS alumni making a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.