How should we remember George Washington?
He was the nation’s first president, of course. He also enslaved human beings.
I ask bestselling author and historian, Alexis Coe, this question, and she offered a thoughtful, fresh perspective.
More than 400 people tuned in live for this conversation. Now you can, too.
I asked her:
How does Trump compare to other U.S. presidents?
How did she psyche herself up to testify before Congress and tell the truth about history?
Should we call them “Founding Fathers” or something else?
What would it take to recover a sense of democracy?
Along the way, Alexis dropped gems like:
“The president should be the Listener-In-Chief, the Empathizer-In-Chief, the Historian-In-Chief.”
A paraphrase of John Adams talking about him and his fellow founders: “We were just some randos who decided to make civics a verb.”
In response to the claim that the U.S. was founded as a “Christian nation” she pointed us to the Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11: “As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion…”
Alexis Coe is the embodiment of making history captivating. You’re going to want to listen to this conversation and listen to more of her words.
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