In what way . I think there are a number of Peoplein Society who are working to make the ideals of the declaration a reality. Theres ideals expressed in the preamble about the quality and the pursuit of happiness so i think we have that idea and were trying to reach that. With the founders, and this is one of those silly questions but with the founders recognize who we are today . Of course not. Some aspects they would but others, women participating in politics, blacks participating in politics, all those things would have been foreign to them and the power of the United States. At the time were talking about, 1776 this is the 13 colonies in the middle of nowhere. They dont have the power, theyre leaving an Empire And Weve become an empire so i think they probably wouldnt have seen all that happened in the United States up to this point. Have you weighed in onthe 1776 versus 1619 debate that were having in the country . Ive done interviews and things like that but i havent written any
Watch american History And Book tv every weekend on cspan2 and find a full schedule on your Program Guide or visit cspan. Org. Annette gordonreed on the 245th anniversary of 1776, are we that exceptional nation we often tell ourselves we are . Were certainly trying to be. In what way . I think there are a number of Peoplein Society who are working to make the ideals of the declaration a reality. Theres ideals expressed in the preamble about the quality and the pursuit of happiness so i think we have that idea and were trying to reach that. With the founders, and this is one of those silly questions but with the founders recognize who we are today . Of course not. Some aspects they would but others, women participating in politics, blacks participating in politics, all those things would have been foreign to them and the power of the United States. At the time were talking about, 1776 this is the 13 colonies in the middle of nowhere. They dont have the power, theyre leaving an Empire An
Book forget the alamo the Rise And Fall of the american men. Actually hope for a signing we will be offering Todays Conversation will be moderated reminder if you have not purchased your copy when it purchased Ligature Sup just to give everyone a quick walk through our event, guests will be joining us on the screen to talk about the book and take some questions from the audience. Be thinking about the questions you might want to ask our authors today. If you want to submit them look at the bottom of your screen. All the way to the right you should see 2 little bubbles thats a q and a. We want to submit them there or in the chat so we can make sure we can get themin. Lets get this conversation started. Ar brian barro is the author of three books and a best seller , barbarians at the gate. Chris tomlinson works for the San Antonio express News And Author of a best seller, how his family grew up in texas from 1995 to 2007. He reported from more than 30 countries and nine more for the asso
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