culture According to political journalist John Avlon, the Farewell Address was "once celebrated as a civic Scripture, more widely reprinted than the Declaration of Independence" but adds that it "is now almost forgotten." He suggested that it had long been "eclipsed in the national memory" until the Broadway musical Hamilton brought it back to popular awareness in the song "One Last Time", where lines are sung by Washington and Hamilton from the end of the Address. See also Federalist Era which covers the 1790s Republicanism in the United States United States non-interventionism Transcript of Washington's Farewell Address References Further reading Avlon, John. Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations (2017) excerpt Hostetler, Michael J. "Washington's farewell address: Distance as bane and blessing". Rhetoric & Public Affairs (2002) 5#3 pp: 393–407. online Kaufman, Burton Ira, ed. (1969) Washington's Farewell Address: The View from the 20th Century (Quadrangle Books) essays by scholars Malanson, Jeffrey J. (2015) Addressing America: George Washington's Farewell and the Making of National Culture, Politics, and Diplomacy, 1796–1852 (Kent State University Press, 2015). x, 253 pp excerpt External links James Madison's manuscript of June 21 1792 Text of Washington's Farewell Address 1796 documents 1796 in politics 1796 in the United States Farewell addresses Non-interventionism Presidency of George Washington Farewell Address Letters (message)