Importance of History

<p>"Americans are united by their history and by a faith in progress, justice, and freedom," writes President Kennedy</p>

<p><span class="deck">Every one of the founders was a historian who believed that only history could protect us from tyranny and coercion. In their reactions to the long, bloody pageant of the English past, we can see the framers’ intentions.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How should a president honor the war dead?</span></p>