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A remarkable symposium took place at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Friday, March 23, a few days before President Reagan awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Whittaker Chambers.

Actually, symposium is a formal word for what seemed a family gathering. Frank Shakespeare was the moderator that afternoon, and there were three main speakers: Anthony Dolan, the President’s chief speechwriter; Jeffrey Hart, a professor of English at Dartmouth and a senior editor of NR; and Ralph de Toledano, author, critic, NR contributor, and close friend of Whittaker Chambers.

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A remarkable symposium took place at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Friday, March 23, a few days before President Reagan awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Whittaker Chambers.

Actually, symposium is a formal word for what seemed a family gathering. Frank Shakespeare was the moderator that afternoon, and there were three main speakers: Anthony Dolan, the President’s chief speechwriter; Jeffrey Hart, a professor of English at Dartmouth and a senior editor of NR; and Ralph de Toledano, author, critic, NR contributor, and close friend of Whittaker Chambers.