The Importance of George Washington
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom examines why learning about George Washington is critical to knowing who we are as Americans.
The Constitution: How Did it Happen?
Concern about the Articles of Confederation Just a few years after the Revolutionary War, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington feared their young country was on the brink of collapse. America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, gave the Confederation Congress the power to make rules and request funds from the states, but it […]