<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/winter-2006/event-history-book.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>An Event for the History Book</title><excerpt>Pulitzer-prize winning author David McCullough spoke to 801 people at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Hotel for the First Annual President’s Breakfast Feb. 10. Tickets to hear the well-loved writer, whose books have never gone out of print, sold out quickly. McCullough didn’t disappoint and inspired the audience with his thoughtful, humorous and insightful reflections on “The Spirit of 1776: Then and Now.” The Westmont Foundation sponsored the event.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/files/2006/11/PBCrowd.jpg" alt="President's Breakfast Crowd"/>
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