 In 1971, this was formerly christened as The Freemen Institute.It was later given its current name and its headquarters moved to Washington, D.C.The center ran conferences in the 1980s and 1990s through a non-profit it controlled called "The Making of America Conferences, Inc." Board members of this non-profit included Skousen, William H. Doughty, Donald N. Sills, and Glenn Kimber.