Inspiration for the Modern Revolutionary
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Join host Cathy Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and professors Rebecca Green and Henry Chambers as they discuss voting rights, voter ID laws, and how voting has changed since the founding of our nation.
Did you miss Saturday’s live brodcast? Video from Saturday’s Historic Area webcast, Declaring Independence, is waiting for you at Colonial Williamsburg CONNECT.
How does a community decide to rebel against its government? Watch how Williamsburg chose independence in May’s live webcast, hosted and moderated by public radio personality Cathy Lewis. See reenactments from our Revolutionary City program alongside interviews and discussion from historians and interpreters.
Today at Colonial Williamsburg CONNECT, the question is: Should we tolerate dissent in wartime?
Protecting speech that is difficult or inflammatory is one of the challenges of honoring the Bill of Rights. Is a nation at war better served by united citizens, or by citizens secure in their right to speech?
Did you miss Saturday’s webcast? Watch the archived video at Colonial Williamsburg CONNECT and continue the discussion here.
The American mind was divided over Revolution until the unifying events at Lexington and Concord. Join us Saturday, April 14, 2012, as we examine the choices forced upon colonists when the specter of war appeared on their doorsteps.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
History hands down lasting conflicts, but each generation solves them differently. Co-creators of Colonial Williamsburg CONNECT make the case for a continuing debate over the balance of American values.
In April, we study religion’s impact on our nation’s founding, as well as its importance to our continuing identity as Americans.
Start your own study with a contemplation of religion and the presidency on Colonial Williamsburg CONNECT:
Does a candidate’s religion influence presidential elections?