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VIRTUAL:America's 250th: Presidential Doodler Heather Rogers

2026-08-17 19:00:00 2026-08-17 20:00:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL:America's 250th: Presidential Doodler Heather Rogers America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler Heather Rogers will share trivia and doodles about some figures from history we may not be as familiar with. Virtual -

Monday, August 17
7:00pm - 8:00pm

America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler Heather Rogers will share trivia and doodles about some figures from history we may not be as familiar with.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email. Due to limited space, if you know you cannot attend live, do not register with Zoom but please fill out the form below to receive the video link.**  

Boiling Water, Tall Boy, Two Kettles Together, and The Old Puritan: Lesser Known Revolutionary War Figures

What better way to end our 9 week semiquincentennial series with the Ashland Public Library than with our favorite presidential doodler, Heather Rogers! She'll share trivia and doodles about some figures from history we may not be as familiar with. She's not even going to mention George Washington or John Adams. OK, she probably will. But join us for this fascinating conversation anyhow! 

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Due to limited space, if you know you cannot attend live, please do not register with Zoom but please fill out THIS FORM to receive the video link.

Please register for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them, the email will be coming from Zoom.

About Heather:

Heather Rogers isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed “America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler” by one of her favorite biographers and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and content creator.

To keep her interest during her accidental spite project, Heather Rogers filled hundreds of sketchbook pages doodling her way through presidential biographies. Doing so heightened her curiosity and turned her into an insufferable presidential nerd. Along the way, she discovered unexpected threads connecting seemingly unconnected people, times, and events. She can’t get enough of the weird trivia, coincidences, and quirks. Like the fact that English wasn’t the first language of the first president born in the U.S. Or that a three-part plan was proposed to bring George Washington back to life. Don’t even get her started on William Henry Harrison – he was only president for a month, but she could talk about him for hours.

*All illustrations for this series have been created by Heather Rogers and are her property therein.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Lecture | History & Genealogy |

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