The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation are honored that Dr. Paul Kengor will deliver the third annual Lee Edwards Lecture in Conservative Leadership.

Dr. Kengor will discuss “Communism at America 250,” how communism is antithetical to the principles of the American Founding and the American regime. He will explore some of the reasons the appeal of communism seems to be growing in the United States.

The Heritage Foundation established the annual Lee Edwards Lecture in recognition of Dr. Edwards’s long service as a Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at The Heritage Foundation, during which he wrote most of his 25 books about the leading individuals and institutions of the modern conservative movement. In addition to biographies of President Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley Jr. and Edwin Meese III, Dr. Edwards wrote histories of The Heritage Foundation, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and the conservative movement. His books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, and Polish. He taught politics at the Catholic University of America for more than 30 years and was named a Distinguished Lecturer by the University. Dr. Edwards was also a co-founder of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

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