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

^{Scott S. Powell
February 19, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

Washington And Lincoln Wouldn’t Recognize America Today

_{Scott S. Powell
February 19, 2024
Citizen Leadership}

America is being assaulted on many more fronts than at the time of the American War of Independence. Our challenge today is one of commitment. The founders were willing to give their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish independence and create a new nation. We are called to do no less to save this country. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
February 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

Washington, Lincoln Recognized Nation’s Contemporary Threats

_{Scott S. Powell
February 21, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

We stand on the shoulders of so many who came before us who were willing to give their lives for freedom and equal opportunity. We are called to do no less. Read More ›

^{Scott Powell
July 5, 2022
Discovery Institute}

How The Declaration Of Independence Inspired George Washington’s Underdog Army To Win

_{Scott Powell
July 5, 2022
Discovery Institute}

Originally published at The Federalist Most Americans celebrating the July 4 holiday today don’t fully realize that the power of ideas in the Declaration of Independence was the critical enabling factor for the Americans to win the War of Independence. Compared to the British professional military, the American colonial army was simply no match—it was undermanned, underfunded, underequipped, inexperienced, and Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
February 21, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Washington and Lincoln Call the American People to Reclaim their Rights from Government

_{Scott S. Powell
February 21, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

With the shock and awakening of Americans that the freedoms, rights, and opportunities they had taken for granted for generations have been brazenly stripped away in the last few years, this President’s Day 2022 may well be one of our most significant holidays. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
February 9, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Historical Spotlight: President’s Day

_{Scott S. Powell
February 9, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Scott Powell joined OAN's Tipping Point to discuss George Washington and the origins of President's Day. Read More ›

^{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 ›

^{John R. Miller and Bruce Chapman
August 28, 2017
Citizen Leadership}

The Man Who Could Be King

_{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 ›