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SUMMARY:The Democracy We Must Keep
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual event as award-winning historian David O
 . Stewart discusses his book "The Democracy We Must Keep.".\nhttps://hplib
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us as for a virtual event as award-wi
 nning historian David O. Stewart discusses his newest work <em>The Democra
 cy We Must Keep</em>\, and the question he explores throughout the book: W
 hat did America's founders say about democracy\, and can we remain true to
  their vision for America?</p>\n<p>Two hundred fifty years ago\, passionat
 e men attempted to create something the world had never seen before: a nat
 ion built not on kings or armies\, but on ideas where the people ruled.</p
 >\n<p>In <em>The Democracy We Must Keep</em>\, Stewart takes readers insid
 e the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States&md
 ash\;from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the carefully craf
 ted design of a government chosen by the people\, with limits on all offic
 ials holding power under the Constitution.</p>\n<p>Through the words of se
 ven visionary founders&mdash\;Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Hamilton\
 , Gouverneur Morris\, and others&mdash\;Stewart shows how a fragile experi
 ment in self-government took shape.</p>\n<p>These men were not saints. The
 y argued passionately. They worried that the new nation might fall apart. 
 Yet together\, they forged the principles that must still define American 
 democracy:</p>\n<p>Power must be limited.<br />Leaders must answer to the 
 people.<br />Individual rights must be protected by law.</p>\n<p><br />As 
 the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary\,<em> The Democracy We 
 Must Keep</em> urges readers to rediscover core ideas that built the natio
 n&mdash\;and to consider what it will take to protect them.</p>\n<p>Regist
 er today to gain a deeper understanding of how American democracy started\
 , why it still matters\, and the active role each generation must play to 
 uphold it.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:&nbsp\;</strong>David O. Stewa
 rt has published 11 award-winning and bestselling books of history and his
 torical novels. In 2023\, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of th
 e Washington Independent Review of Books.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Presented with Li
 brary Speakers Consortium.</p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
 .</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.info/event/16903718
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