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SUMMARY:The Democracy We Must Keep
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we chat with award-winning historian David O. Stewa
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us as we chat with award-winning hist
 orian David O. Stewart about his newest work\, <em>The Democracy We Must K
 eep</em>\, and the question he explores throughout the book: What did Amer
 ica's founders say about democracy\, and can we remain true to their visio
 n for America?</p>\n<p>Two hundred fifty years ago\, passionate men attemp
 ted to create something the world had never seen before: a nation built no
 t on kings or armies\, but on ideas where the people ruled.</p>\n<p>In <em
 >The Democracy We Must Keep</em>\, historian David O. Stewart takes reader
 s inside the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United St
 ates&mdash\;from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the careful
 ly crafted design of a government chosen by the people\, with limits on al
 l officials holding power under the Constitution.</p>\n<p>Through the word
 s of seven visionary founders&mdash\;Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Ha
 milton\, Gouverneur Morris\, and others&mdash\;Stewart shows how a fragile
  experiment in self-government took shape.</p>\n<p>These men were not sain
 ts. They argued passionately. They worried that the new nation might fall 
 apart. Yet together\, they forged the principles that must still define Am
 erican democracy:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power must be limited.</li>\n<li>Leaders 
 must answer to the people.</li>\n<li>Individual rights must be protected b
 y law.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversa
 ry\, <em>The Democracy We Must Keep</em> urges readers to rediscover core 
 ideas that built the nation&mdash\;and to consider what it will take to pr
 otect them.</p>\n<p>Register today to gain a deeper understanding of how A
 merican democracy started\, why it still matters\, and the active role eac
 h generation must play to uphold it.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</st
 rong></p>\n<p>David O. Stewart has published eleven award-winning and best
 -selling books of history and historical novels. In 2023\, he received the
  Lifetime Achievement Award of the Washington Independent Review of Books.
  His most recent fictional series\, the Overstreet Saga\, is inspired by f
 amily stories his mother told. He lives in Maryland with the light of his 
 life\, Nancy Floreen\; they have three children and six grandchildren.</p>
 \n<p>This program is sponsored by the <a href="https://www.alexandrialibra
 ryfoundation.org/">Alexandria Library Foundation</a>.</p>\n<p>Register for
  upcoming book talks and stream previously broadcast book talks <a href="h
 ttps://libraryc.org/alexlibraryva">here</a>.</p>\nhttps://alexandria.libne
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