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Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their own. From this small expansive lands on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s and a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, saving the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book and i have said most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that ties them together at the founding of this country and its a story that invokes the historian bill calls the story of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the American Experience and doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai faculty and let me acknowledge how much we all appreciate the scholarship and intellectual contributions to aei, not to mention the service he done for our country. This is the latest in a series of several works by doctor cheney and examine our countrys history with consideration and rigor. And James
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What indepth today live at noon eastern on tv on cspan2. Welcome everyone to this book launch webinar featuring doctor lynn cheney and Vice President cheney in a conversation about doctor cheneys newest book the virginia dynasty the creation of the american nation read on robert, im robert doar. I want to start by reading from doctorcheneys opening paragraph. But the spike enjoy drawing compass of a map of virginia, extend the other leg of the compass so he reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle. Within it not only washington also thomas jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born. From this small expansive land on the north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s, a dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I spent most of last night reading it and its a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected networks that tie them together at the founding of this country. I
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