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Historian Jack D. Warren Jr outlines the first president's practical accomplishments: the establishment of the executive as an energetic and effective branch of government; the resolution of the new nation's financial crisis; the opening of the trans-Appalachian West; the creation of Washington DC; and the preservation of peace with the warring powers of Europe. In a time of intense partisanship, Warren explains, Washington worked constantly to strengthen the Union, gave his office a character that transcends politics, and set a standard of conduct for national leaders that has endured for more than two centuries. Washington shaped the powers of the presidency, former president George H.W. Bush says in his foreword, ""yet never wavered from his promise to remain a servant of the people."" This book is a much-expanded version of a paper presented in November 1996 to the first annual Mount Vernon Symposium on George Washington.

Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence. It also tells the pivotal story of the courageous men and women who risked their lives to create a new nation based on the idea that government should serve people and protect their freedom. Written for Americans intent on understanding our national origins, but also appropriate for teachers and secondary classrooms, Freedom argues that the American Revolution is the central event in our history: the turning point between our colonial origins and our national experience. The Freedom narrative spans from the American Revolution's origins in the nature of colonial British America--a society in which freedom was limited and in which everyone was the subject of a distant monarch--through the crisis in the British Empire that followed the French and Indian War, to the events of the War for Independence itself, and ultimately to the creation of the first great republic in modern history. This is the story of how Americans came to fight for their freedom and became a united people, with a shared history and national identity, and how a generation of founders expressed ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights, and responsible citizenship: ideals that have shaped our history and will shape our future--and the future of the world.

From noted American historian, Editor-in-Chief of The American Crisis, and author of FREEDOM, AMERICA'S FIRST VETERANS, and THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jack D. Warren, Jr's AMERICA: 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM is a celebration, in words and B&W and color illustrations and photos, of the extraordinary history and achievements of the United States of America, from the Declaration of Independence to the present, and an exploration of the ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights, and responsible citizenship.AMERICA fosters understanding and appreciation of our ideals and pride in our achievements by offering a thoughtful, engaging narrative — in words and pictures — based on the ideas expressed in our Declaration of Independence.