Jill Lepore, a historian, author, New Yorker staff writer, Harvard professor, and The Last Archive podcast host, spoke to a highly engaged audience of VTDigger readers and supporters on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.The standing-room only event, which took place at the Manchester Community Library in Manchester, Vt., was an opportunity for Lepore to share her deep expertise of American history, and the role that the free press — including VTDigger — has played in fostering democracy.If you were in attendance, make sure you look through the photos below to see if Glenn Russell got a picture of you.We’re grateful to everyone who contributed to making this event possible, as well as those who attended and asked thoughtful questions.  As Lepore said during her remarks, “We wouldn’t have a democracy in the United States without newspapers.” If you can support VTDigger, which supports an informed electorate, please do so by donating here.Read the story on VTDigger here: VIDEO: Jill Lepore draws standing-room crowd in Manchester for talk on press freedoms and American history.