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SUMMARY:25 Years of Asking Questions: What is Patriotism\, Really?
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be patriotic?\nFrom flag-waving to flag-burning\, Americans have long debated whether patriotism requires obedience or allows for dissent. Inspired by West Virginia v. Barnette\, this program explores competing visions of patriotism and the role of free expression in a democratic society. In his opinion\, Robert H. Jackson famously argued that no government can prescribe what shall be orthodox in matters of opinion\, placing liberty at the center of American identity. \nThis lecture is part of our 25 Years of Asking Questions lecture series. We are thankful to the Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union for sponsoring this series. Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union\, supporting individuals and organizations who also impact\, empower\, and achieve within our community. \nAbout the Speaker\nHelen Knowles-Gardner is Research Director at the Institute for Free Speech and a scholar of American law and politics and Managing Editor of the Supreme Court Historical Society’s Journal of Supreme Court History. A former political science professor of nearly two decades\, she has written extensively on the First Amendment and freedom of expression. \nShe is the co-author and editor of multiple books on free speech\, including: Judging Free Speech: First Amendment Jurisprudence of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Free Speech Theory: Understanding the Controversies. Her broader scholarship includes work on Supreme Court jurisprudence\, including a book on Justice Anthony Kennedy’s approach to liberty. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University and a B.A. in American Studies from Liverpool Hope University. For a full bio\, please see the Institute for Free Speech website. \n 
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/25yaq-patriotism/
LOCATION:The Robert H. Jackson Center\, 305 E 4th ST\, Jamestown\, NY\, 14701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Event - Good Neighbor Bookstore in Conversation with author Tad Stoermer
DESCRIPTION:Good Neighbor Bookstore presents a conversation with historian\, Tad Stoermer. This free event will be a discussion\, with time for a brief Q&A\, immediately followed by a signing of his book\, A Resistance History of the United States.\nBooks will be available to purchase at the event or you can pre-order your copy here: https://goodneighborbooks.com/book/9781586424367\n\nRevisit the Salem Witch Trials\, the Underground Railroad\, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past—and how its principles can change our future.\nThe United States was shaped by resistance—but not in the way we’ve been taught. The Revolution did not secure liberty; it opened the door to either liberty or oppression\, where only white men enjoyed all of the benefits and protections of citizenship.\n\nIn A Resistance History of the United States\, public historian Tad Stoermer shows how from the very beginning\, that tension—between the ideals of resistance and the realities of power—has defined America more than the Enlightenment ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.\n\nUtililizing powerful storytelling to focus on key—and often lesser-known—moments in American history\, this book reveals the truth of how resistance movements from Colonial times have opposed the powers that be. Stoermer covers an impressive roster of pivotal movements\, with each chapter identifying a key resistance movement and principle meant to inspire contemporary readers\, including:\n\nBacon’s Rebellion/Metacomet’s War (1676)\nSalem Witch Trials (1692)\nThe Black Loyalists (1783)\nThe Underground Railroad (1850)\n\nThrough these and many more examples\, Stoermer dismantles the mythologies that pass for American history—exposing the curated nostalgia\, moral evasions\, and institutional silences that have long protected abusive power. What emerges is an essential look at how we can take lessons from the past to understand\, and effectively respond to\, the injustices we face today.\n\nAbout the Author\nTad Stoermer is a public historian who trained at the University of Virginia\, Johns Hopkins\, and Harvard\, with a particular focus on Colonial and Revolutionary America. He is also a former congressional staffer and speechwriter\, and he served in the US Army and Reserves as a reconnaissance scout. He lives in Denmark.
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