Founding

The John Hanson John Hanson Memorial Association was founded in 2009 to reacquaint Americans with their first president and the nation's first government, the Confederation Congress chartered by the Articles of Confederation. The Association commissioned and donated the John Hanson National Memorial to the nation in 2012, the Jane Hanson National Memorial in 2016, and the monument marking John Hanson's rediscovered grave in 2026. The Association maintains an ongoing press and speaking campaign promoting the memory of President Hanson and his accomplishments.

Founders

Hon. John Hanson Briscoe, former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates

Edward Edelen, owner, Mulberry Grove, the Hanson ancestral home

Robert Hanson, Montgomery County, Maryland, civic leader

John Hanson, Montgomery County, Maryland, civic leader

Peter Hanson Michael, Hanson family descendant and John Hanson biographer

Aldan Weinberg, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Hood College

Contact 

The John  Hanson Memorial Association 

2455 Ballenger Creek Pike, Adamstown, Maryland 21710

mail@JohnHansonMemorial.org

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