Traditional Boys School
& Men’s Society
For the revitalization of the American man.
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How to Build a Movement
A dinner symposium on entrepreneurship in the cultural arena, drawn from a decade of reviving the classical tradition. An evening of serious conversation, shared inquiry, and the pursuit of wisdom, with dinner and wine.
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A Gathering of Gentlemen
“Since the dawn of time great civilizations have all had one thing in common; men’s societies. Places for guys to gather amongst themselves to dine, debate, reflect, and share their thoughts with each other.”
A Night on the Buffalo River
The Life of Philopeomen
Waking Up The Wild Man
The Life of Aristides
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