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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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We the People Explore significant events and themes in American history and culture, and advance your knowledge of the principles that define America. Created with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Founding Fathers ~ 6 sessions The founding fathers loom large in the history books, but who were these people really? This series removes the pedestal from beneath these historical luminaries to examine their full humanity – heroic and flawed, witty and scandalous, compassionate and sly, inventive and insecure, brilliant and brash. Joseph J. Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father (about George Washington) Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere’s Ride Joseph Ellis, Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams Joseph Ellis, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Influential First Ladies ~ 6 sessions First ladies historically may have lingered in the shadows of their husbands, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t wield considerable influence and authority – sometimes, even, virtually running the show. Rediscover presidential history through the power behind the throne. Lynne Withee, Dearest Friend (about Abigail Adams) David B. Mattern, et al, The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison Jean H. Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography Phyllis Lee Levin, Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933-1938
Old Traditions, New Voices: Italian-American Experience ~ 4 Sessions This series focuses on the ethos of immigration and the Italian tradition in America. Camille Cusumano, The Last Cannoli Ken Ciongoli and Jay Parini, Passage to Liberty Tina De Rosa, Paper Fish Bill Tonelli, The Italian American Reader
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