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Historians discussed the experiment of democracy from the founding of the United States to the present. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon in…

Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, and Edna Greene Medford talked C-SPAN’s The Presidents, each of whom contributed to the new book.

Historians Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Russell Shorto talked about what it means to be an American.

In the first of a series of life portraits of American presidents, Mr. Smith and Mr. Rees discussed the life and career of George Washington. They further talked about the history of Washing…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes,…