Constitutional Convention, Narrated by Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson is an award-winning historian and the author of Letters from an American. She’s the author of seven books, including the bestselling Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America. Richardson tells the story of the Constitutional Convention, where 55 delegates constructed the framework for a new government.
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Heather, here in Schleswig‑Holstein, in the small town of Schleswig (Germany), your messages — and now also your 250 building blocks of American history — are discussed every morning between 6 and 7 a.m. in our local swimming pool. Thank you so much.
Thank you Heather for this idea of 250 moments.