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Mount Rushmore National Monument near Keystone, South Dakota on July 26, 2013.

^{Scott S. Powell

February 18, 2019

Citizen Leadership}

Presidents Day: Washington and Lincoln as Relevant Today as Ever

_{Scott S. Powell

February 18, 2019

Citizen Leadership}

Presidents Day is unique among American holidays in providing the opportunity to remember and appreciate why George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — whose birthdays fall in February — were the two greatest U.S. presidents. While Washington was the founding father of the United States, Lincoln would later save the nation from division and collapse — bringing an end to the Civil War and the scourge of slavery. In short, Lincoln saved the republic that Washington made possible. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute, John R. Miller and Bruce Chapman

August 28, 2017

Citizen Leadership}

The Man Who Could Be King

_{Discovery Institute, John R. Miller and Bruce Chapman

August 28, 2017

Citizen Leadership}

This lecture was recorded as part of Discovery Institute’s Gorton Series Lecture. Former U.S. Congressman John R. Miller discusses his new book The Man Who Could Be King, a historical novel about George Washington’s struggle over whether to heed the call of his officers to become king. Archived August 28, 5:00 pm Event Page at TVW

^{John R. Miller

February 19, 2011

Citizen Leadership}

The Original American Idol

_{John R. Miller

February 19, 2011

Citizen Leadership}

Today we merge Washington’s birthday with the birthdays of other presidents and submerge them all in clothing and appliance sales. But it was not always so. Americans in past centuries celebrated Washington’s birthday as a winter version of the Fourth of July. Americans in Cambridge, Williamsburg, Richmond and Milton, Conn., were already celebrating Washington’s birthday even before the end of Read More ›