For the Revitalization
of The American Man
A 501(c)(3) Educational Institution
Men’s Gatherings
Educational events centered around the liberal arts & humanities for cultivating brotherhood through intellectual fellowship.
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Outdoor Education
Wilderness education for men and boys instilling the virtues of self-reliance, resourcefulness, and appreciation for God’s creation.
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Our Future Boys’ School
Our great mission, the establishment of a school in Tennessee for boys to learn true character development beyond the status quo of our modern education system.
Learn About Our Future SchoolUpcoming Events
Anti-Propaganda Workshop: Understanding the Rhetorical Devices Used to Manipulate You
An evening with Elijah Buffalino, President of Delator Group, the largest private investigation agency in Tennessee, on the tricks of persuasion and how to see them coming.
Men’s Backpacking Trip: Savage Gulf
Learn outdoor skills and make memories on this 16-mile overnight backpacking adventure through Tennessee’s most beautiful scenery. All gear and food included.
How to Join
Come to a dinner
Pick an evening on the calendar and reserve a seat. Most men meet us first over dinner, a lecture, and the conversation that follows.
See upcoming events Step TwoJoin the book club
Free and weekly, over coffee at 7 AM: Wednesdays in Nashville and Tuesdays in Chattanooga. Come even if you have not finished the reading.
Join the book club Step ThreeHead into the wild
Guided overnight backpacking and canoe expeditions in Tennessee’s wild places, departing from Nashville.
Find an expeditionNew to Meriwether? Read about the community.
Hear From the Men Themselves
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The Life of Tiberius Gracchus
By Plutarch / Translated by John Dryden HAVING completed the first two narratives, we now may proceed to take a view of misfortunes, not…
The Founding of Nashville: The Donelson Voyage and the Winter March That Built a City
Nashville began with a winter march over a frozen river and a thousand mile voyage in a flatboat. The true story of the city's…
Backpacking With a Teenage Boy: Pack Weight, Mileage, and What to Let Him Carry
A teenager can carry more and walk farther than a child, and less than his father assumes. Practical numbers and rules from years of…
What Is Wilderness Education? What Boys Learn Outdoors That School Cannot Teach
A classroom can teach a boy what preparedness means. A cold night with a fire that keeps going out teaches him what it is….
Meriwether Lewis
“His courage was undaunted; his firmness and perseverance yielded to nothing but impossibilities.”
Thomas Jefferson, on Meriwether LewisSoldier, explorer, writer, and statesman. Lewis led the Corps of Discovery across an unmapped continent to the Pacific Ocean and back, embodying every virtue we seek to cultivate: courage in the face of the unknown, discipline under hardship, intellectual curiosity, and masculine leadership.
He was a man of “undaunted courage,” an American, a Virginian, a friend and protégé of Thomas Jefferson, and he lived a life of service to his nation.
It is in his spirit, and under his name, that this academy was founded.
F. Pedretti’s Sons · oil on canvas · 1902