Furniture of Our Founding Fathers

Furniture of Our Founding Fathers...America’s First Patriots

Workshop Leaders: Marc Adams, Krish Dhanam & Rick Green

• DATE: May 27-31, 2025 (Tues to Sat)
• COST: $750 tax deductible donation payable to The Patriot Academy
• CLASS SIZE: 110 Volunteers

A word from Marc Adams...

My hope will be to have a total of 100+ participants. It is VERY important people understand that ANYONE can help. No skills necessary or any previous woodworking experience. There will be aspects of this project that will require some woodworking knowledge, but anyone can help. Handling and milling wood, sanding, gluing, stacking, dumping sawdust, working in the kitchen, sewing table covers, cleaning and so on; everyone will play an important role in the overall success of the week.

Each morning, we will start at 8:00 a.m. with a 30–45-minute presentation by Rick which will be historically driven with a Biblical worldview. At approximately 9:00 a.m. the work will begin. Lunch will be provided at noon, with snacks, soft drinks and ice cream available throughout the day. Work will wind down around 5:30-6:00 p.m. with a 30–45-minute closing with Krish sharing his knowledge of leadership, culture, science, history, faith, and comedy.

During the week dinner will be provided once (possibly twice). If possible and the weather permits, we will have one prayer breakfast/cookout.

The goal will be to have the work completed by Friday afternoon. All woodworking, including both furniture and wall applications will NOT be painted or finished during the week, which will be done in Texas at a later date.

This past summer, I had the pleasure to meet Rick Green and Krish Dhanam. They were in town for the Midwest Leadership Congress at the Indiana State House. On the second day of their conference, Rick and Krish broke away to take a trip to visit MASW. This meeting didn’t take place by happenstance, but was divinely predestine.

I was in the middle of putting together the 2025 summer schedule and was searching for a good charity event to get involved with, and in walked Rick and Krish. As Rick was telling me about his 2026 building project I was intrigued. Rick is in the process of building, on the Patriot Academy campus in Texas, a replica of Independence Hall, including the Assembly Room. The Assembly room is where the Constitution was hammered out and the Declaration of Independence was signed. This project is slated to be completed just in time for America’s 250 anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If you were to visit Independence Hall and see the Assembly room, you would notice all the furnishings; those furnishing are as powerful as what took place there and are what sets that room in perpetuity. From the pediments on the wall to the Windsor chairs, to the Presidents chair to the desk that these documents were signed on, these inanimate objects illuminate a living history.

Instantly I realized this was a project perfect for the MASW family.

We have the facilities, access to materials, instructors in every aspect of building and conservation, an incredible technical staff and alumni that would love to be involved with recreating all the furniture items in one of America’s most Historic Landmarks. From the chairs, tables, moldings, turnings, pediments, carvings and so on, we will make it all, with the same commitment and passion as our Founding Fathers had when they used that room, 250 years ago.