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An exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum in 1999-2000 that explored Washington's life and the development of the American republic. It featured rare documents, objects, and a life mask of Washington, among other highlights.
Jul 5, 2007 · Helle Dale argues that the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are a model for democracy and freedom around the world. She discusses the challenges and opportunities for advancing the American political system and its values in the face of global threats and cynicism.
A traveling exhibition that explored the life and legacy of George Washington, the indispensable leader of the American Revolution. Based on original manuscripts, rare books, prints and artifacts, it visited 40 libraries in the U.S. between 2000 and 2003.
- Judge Them Within Context
- America’s Historical Significance
- A Series of Tyrannical Events
- Doubling Down on Tyranny
- The Shot Heard ‘Round The World
- Forging A New Order
- Have We Lost Our Way?
As we survey what they did, I caution you from the outset to avoid the sin of intertemporal bigotry—judging those of the late 18th Century by standards and conventions of the early 21st. This ought to be seen as fair and commonsensical, yet I see people commit that sin all the time. The more extreme say, “Thomas Jefferson was a bad man and shouldn’...
The Declaration of Independence of 1776 had a profound impact upon the world at the time, and it still resonates. It had to be written before there could even bea Constitution, for obvious reasons. And the ideas that went into it were very much on the minds of the men who gathered in Philadelphia 11 years later to create the Constitution. The Found...
In 1760, George III became King of Great Britain. His determination to exert British authority effectively ended a long period of “salutary neglect,” during which time colonial America benefited from British protection but was not bludgeoned by micromanagement from London. The 16-year period from George III’s ascendancy until the Declaration was pu...
A boycott of British goods and widespread resistance to British tax collectors prompted the repeal of the Stamp Act within a year—but Parliament quickly followed up the repeal by passing the Declaratory Act in 1766. It asserted the British government’s authority to impose upon the colonies any and all measures it deemed appropriate. Ignoring the co...
The situation degenerated quickly until that fateful day in April 1775 when “the shot heard ‘round the world” was fired at Lexington. The British were on a march to apprehend two colonial patriots, John Hancock and John Adams, and a reported stockpile of arms at Concord. The skirmish at Lexington prompted an eloquent address in the Virginia House o...
Then came the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. No greater assembly of genius, wisdom, accomplishment, and experience has ever been held for the purpose of creating a government and securing for its people the blessings of liberty. The sagacity of George Washington, who presided over the Convention, was never more apparent than when he said, “If, to...
In the more than two centuries since the Constitution was written, the federal government in America has grown far beyond what our Founders ever intended. That raises an important question: For the purpose of keeping government limited, has the Constitution failed us, or have we failed the Constitution? That’s a discussion I think we definitely oug...
May 4, 2002 · The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment, for promoting human happiness, by reasonable compact, in civil Society. It was to be, in the first instance, in a considerable degree, a government of accomodation as well as a government of Laws. Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
Dec 5, 2023 · Voters in a county election, 1854. Etching by John Sartain after painting by George Caleb Bingham; National Gallery of Art. Why Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an...
We have been regarded as engaged in trying a great experiment, involving not merely the future fate and welfare of this Western continent, but the hopes and prospects of the whole human race. Is it possible for a Government to be permanently maintained without privileged classes, without a standing army, and without either hereditary or self ...
