Traditional Boys School
& Men’s Society
For the revitalization of the American man.
Upcoming Events
The Stonewall Symposium
An evening of serious conversation, shared inquiry, and the pursuit of wisdom, with dinner and wine, in the tradition of the ancient Greeks.
Spring Overnight Canoe Voyage
Two days on the Buffalo River. For men and boys aged fourteen and older. All gear and meals provided.
How to Build a Movement
A dinner symposium on entrepreneurship in the cultural arena, drawn from a decade of reviving the classical tradition.
Hear From the Men Themselves
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Waking Up The Wild Man
Put a boy in the woods and watch how long it takes for him to start painting his face and shooting arrows across the sky. Dispatches from a father-son camping trip at Montgomery Bell, and a reflection on the dormant wild man each of us must wake up, and tame, if we are to live fully.
The Life of Aristides
The Life of Marcellus
The Life of Pelopidas
The Life of Aemilius Paulus
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