Inspiration for the Modern Revolutionary
Take a walk in the Revolutionary City and you just might meet a future president. Specifically, the fifth president, James Monroe.Monroe may be best known for the foreign policy doctrine that bears his name, but he actually cut his teeth in Williamsburg, where he came as a 16-year old to attend the College of William & Mary.
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Historian T.H. Breen
By Bill Sullivan
Americans take it for granted today that politicians are going to go to great lengths to “connect” with the public: with grip and grin photo ops, visits to local diners, talk show appearances, or just by dropping pop culture references.
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Considering the importance and potential impact of the position, the Constitution’s description of the president’s military role is remarkably terse: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.”…