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For other great events like this. Now on cspan2 booktv, more television for serious readers. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is ian rowe, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise institute and the Thomas P Ford institute. Most importantly, for todays discussion i am the ceo of public prep, a network of public charter elementary and middle school located in the heart of the south bronx and Lower East Side of manhattan. Its my honor to welcome you to what i believe will be a very provocative discussion on compelling new book how to educate an american the conservative vision for t...

Happy Constitution Day. Welcome to the United States capital. My name is Beth Clements and im the ceo here at the visitor center. We are pleased to be hosting this event with our good friends the United States capital Historical Society. I cant think of a better way to mark Constitution Day than with a program devoted to citizenship. Our founders knew that our democratic system of government would depend on having an informed citizenry. John adams said that livery cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. His successor put it even more simply. Life and liberty go together...

Our second president john adams said liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. President ,or as Thomas Jefferson, said life and liberty go together. Light and liberty go together. One reason the center was established is to inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through tours and Public Programs and educational programs. One of our contributions to achieving the Civic Education goals is our partnership with the we the people program. We are delighted to share lessons on the role of congress and our constitutional system with students from the washing...

Project Coolidge Foundations centennial conference in honor of president Calvin Coolidge, were pleased to be cohosted with the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Members are part of the Honor Society of the coolidge program. We have ...

Good morning. Welcome back for day two of coolidge and the american project Coolidge Foundations centennial conference in honor of president Calvin Coolidge, were pleased to be cohosted with the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Mem...