Corporate Event Photography at the Union League
There are many special events that take place in the City of Philadelphia that offer a wonderful exposure to discussion and inspection of a host of different viewpoints and considerations of things that impact our day to day living as well as our long term future. One such event is the Socrates in the City presentation that is highlighted here in the Corporate Event Photography at the Union League photo session.
The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Taking this as a starting point, Eric Metaxas thought it would be valuable to create a forum that might encourage busy professionals in thinking about the bigger questions in life. Thus Socrates In The City: Conversations on the Examined Life was born. The founder and host of Socrates in the City, Eric Metaxas, is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Martin Luther, If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles, and has written many other books, including Is Atheism Dead?. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. He is the host of the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Radio Show. Metaxas’s writing has appeared in the The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and many other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Socrates In The City holds a handful of live broadcast events each year, hosting conversations on “Life, God, and other small topics” with notable thinkers as Francis Collins, Malcolm Gladwell, John Lennox, Alice von Hildebrand, Dick Cavett, Hugh Hewitt, Sir John Polkinghorne, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, N.T. Wright, Os Guinness, and Peter Kreeft. Topics have included “Making Sense Out of Suffering,” “Seven Days that Divide the World,” and “The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis.”
Understandably, the venue where such an event is held is important as it helps to the stage for this type of interactive sharing of concepts and philosophies. Such a venue is the Union League, located in the heart of Philadelphia that was the backdrop for the Corporate Event Photography at the Union League. Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln, The Union League of Philadelphia laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by civil war. The League has hosted U.S. presidents, heads of state, industrialists, entertainers and dignitaries from around the globe and has proudly supported the American military in each conflict since the Civil War. The Union League continues to be driven by its founding motto, Amor Patriae Ducit or Love of Country Leads.Today, the Union League is home to over 4,000 men and women who contribute to club life and keep alive the League’s traditions. As they did in 1862, today’s members represent the Philadelphia region’s leaders in business, education, technology, healthcare, law, government, religion, art and culture. Founding Forward is the new, single, unified nonprofit charity of the Union League. It is dedicated to the same values of freedom and free enterprise upon which the League was founded. Through historic preservation, education and scholarship, Founding Forward promotes these values and ideals, inspiring more educated, engaged and responsible citizens.
The League House occupies an entire city block in the center of Philadelphia’s commercial and cultural district. The building is representative of the classic French Renaissance style, with a brick and brownstone façade and dramatic twin circular staircases that lead to the main entrance on Broad Street. Built in 1865, the building was added to the National Historic Register in 1979. Approximately one – quarter million square feet in size, the building is spread out over eight floors, has entrances on all sides and is home to five unique dining rooms, 84 Inn rooms, a fitness center, two business centers and 14 private event rooms. The League’s distinguished collection of art and artifacts adorns the walls and hallways. The collection is a rich chronicle of Philadelphia’s unique imprint upon the American landscape from the 19th century to today and is recognized by historians and art experts as a valuable component of American history.
