This coming November marks a century since the birth of William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review (which itself will turn 70 shortly before Buckley would have turned 100) and the creator of the modern conservative movement. All year long, we at NR, as well as others throughout the movement Buckley did so much to bring into being, have been celebrating his enduring legacy.

On June 25, the American Enterprise Institute is hosting an event in Washington, D.C., that will discuss the man, his legacy, and what they mean to us today. The accomplishments of Buckley and of NR are subject to new appraisals of varying degrees of sympathy. They have come from various parts of the right, as well as from other sources, such as Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited and recently published biography, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America.

Our own Ramesh Ponnuru will join some faces familiar to NR in this discussion. Co-panelists will include his AEI colleagues Yuval Levin and Jonah Goldberg. The panel moderator will be another AEI/NR mainstay: Matthew Continetti, author of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism. It would be hard to assemble a group better-equipped for a discussion of Buckley’s legacy “and the lessons his life can offer conservatives today.”

As an NR employee, a fan of William F. Buckley Jr., and someone deeply interested in the past, present, and future of the movement he created, I know where I will be on June 25. You, too, can see Ramesh Ponnuru, Yuval Levin, Matthew Continetti, and Jonah Goldberg discuss the persisting significance of William F. Buckley Jr. a century after his birth. RSVP here.