Join us as we chat with award-winning hist orian David O. Stewart about his newest work\, \;The Democracy We Must Keep\, and the question he explores throughout the book: What did America 's founders say about democracy\, and can we remain true to their vision f or America?
\nTwo hundred fifty years ago\, passionate men attempted to create something the world had never seen before: a nation built not o n kings or armies\, but on ideas where the people ruled.
\nIn \; The Democracy We Must Keep\, historian David O. Stewart takes readers insi de the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States&m dash\;from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the carefully cra fted design of a government chosen by the people\, with limits on all offi cials holding power under the Constitution.
\nThrough the words of s even visionary founders&mdash\;Washington\, Jefferson\, Madison\, Hamilton \, Gouverneur Morris\, and others&mdash\;Stewart shows how a fragile exper iment in self-government took shape.
\nThese men were not saints. Th ey argued passionately. They worried that the new nation might fall apart. Yet together\, they forged the principles that must still define American democracy:
\nPower must be limited.
Leaders must answer to the
people.
Individual rights must be protected by law.
As the Unit
ed States celebrates its 250th anniversary\, \;The Democracy We Must K
eep \;urges readers to rediscover core ideas that built the nation&mda
sh\;and to consider what it will take to protect them.
Register to day to gain a deeper understanding of how American democracy started\, why it still matters\, and the active role each generation must play to uphol d it.
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\nAbout the Author:
\nDavid O. Stewart h as published eleven award-winning and best-selling books of history and hi storical novels. In 2023\, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of t he Washington Independent Review of Books. His most recent fictional serie s\, the Overstreet Saga\, is inspired by family stories his mother told. H e lives in Maryland with the light of his life\, Nancy Floreen\; they have three children and six grandchildren.
\nFree access to The Steve Re dan Memorial Author Series is made possible through the support and genero sity of the Redan family.
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