Many American Founders, including our first four presidents, hoped to establish a national university that would educate statesmen for the new republic. During his second term, George Washington was presented with what seemed to be a golden opportunity to accomplish this goal—and rejected it on cultural grounds. In 1794, the Swiss exile François d’Ivernois had... Read more about: Teaching the Declaration for the Semiquincentennial The post Teaching the Declaration for the Semiquincentenn...
