good evening. my name is brent holmes and i have the privilege to serve as the acting director for the hauenstein center for presidential studies. on behalf of our partners at the gerald r. ford presidential foundation and the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum, i would like to thank you for joining us this evening to help celebrate constitution day. tonight s event event is part of the talking together series, a collaborative project with the paterno soros center for civil discourse. the kaufman interfaith institute and media. in 1787, 55 delegates met in philadelphia and drafted the constitution. these four pages of parchment laid the foundation for this new government. much of what we know as the constitution was written later through 27, ratified them, amend means to broaden the scope of our democracy. tonight s speakers will help us understand the history and the development of our national charter. this evening s event would not be possible without the conti
and media. in 1787, 55 delegates met in philadelphia and drafted the constitution. these four pages of parchment laid the foundation for this new government. much of what we know as the constitution was written later through 27, ratified them, amend means to broaden the scope of our democracy. tonight s speakers will help us understand the history and the development of our national charter. this evening s event would not be possible without the continued generous support of our donors. hauenstein center memberships are a vital part in our ability to continue fulfilling colonel ralph w hauenstein vision of raising a community of ethical, effective leaders for the 21st century. we accomplish this important mission through through programing like this evening and work and the work being completed in the peter c cooke leadership academy. to learn more about membership or to renew your membership, speak to a hauenstein center staff member. tonight we will hear from one of our pet
university in arlington virginia, just a very crusty from washington, d.c. these, are all james madison fellows who were awarded a $24,000 graduate fellowship to study the us constitution. and they ve been attending a four week summer institute, the constitution here and they re just about to conclude. so if you happen to be a teacher either middle school, high school, you teach government history or civics courses, and you re in our program. if you know someone that teaches courses, we encourage them. visit our website, which is just james madison dot gov and you ll find about the opportunity to study under the james madison fellowship. now i d like to turn the time over to the foundation director education, dr. jeff morrison, who will introduce our guest speaker. dr. morrison. well, you. mr. larson and good morning, everyone. when he wanted to reassure his fellow new yorkers and other round of fires of, the wisdom of the proposed constitution he had helped make alexander ha
good evening. my name is brent holmes and i have the privilege to serve as the acting director for the hauenstein center for presidential studies. on behalf of our partners at the gerald r. ford presidential foundation and the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum, i would like to thank you for joining us this evening to help celebrate constitution day. tonight s event event is part of the talking together series, a collaborative project with the paterno soros center for civil discourse. the kaufman interfaith institute and media. in 1787, 55 delegates met in philadelphia and drafted the constitution. these four pages of parchment laid the foundation for this new government. much of what we know as the constitution was written later through 27, ratified them, amend means to broaden the scope of our democracy. tonight s speakers will help us understand the history and the development of our national charter. this evening s event would not be possible without the conti
three, which is american history. the people are in attendance of this meeting today. we re in the how auditorium of the boston campus marymount university in arlington virginia, just a very crusty from washington, d.c. these, are all james madison fellows who were awarded a $24,000 graduate fellowship to study the us constitution. and they ve been attending a four week summer institute, the constitution here and they re just about to conclude. so if you happen to be a teacher either middle school, high school, you teach government history or civics courses, and you re in our program. if you know someone that teaches courses, we encourage them. visit our website, which is just james madison dot gov and you ll find about the opportunity to study under the james madison fellowship. now i d like to turn the time over to the foundation director education, dr. jeff morrison, who will introduce our guest speaker. dr. morrison. well, you. mr. larson and good morning, everyone. when