Dr. Holmes delivered the opening keynote address at the 143rd Anniversary Lincoln Dinner.
Dr. Holmes, who delivered the opening keynote in place of Heritage President Kay Coles James, who couldn’t attend due to illness, quoted Ronald Reagan who said, “The great thing about America is we always come back.” He directed us to always uphold our constitutional legacy, and to keep up the fight, in the spirit of our founding fathers and George Washington who invoked God’s almighty care and protection, and that America is worth fighting for. Heritage associates were present distributing literature and signing people up for membership in The Heritage Foundation, America’s largest and most respected conservative think tank. Heritage is instrumental in forming policy for Republican administrations, especially the Trump administration, which has implemented and embraced two-thirds of its conservative agenda.