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What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always

Originally published September 17, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 20, 2011. Leave a Comment

What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always

For the past couple of weeks here at GiN,

Filed Under: Constitution, Featured, Founding Fathers, Founding Principles, History, It's On The House Tagged With: american history, antonin scalia, classical education, constitution day, constitution of the united states of america, constitutional convention, federal convention on the constitution, founding, founding fathers, founding of america, george washington, government reflection of the people, Grassroots in Nebraska, hail columbia, hillsdale college, hillsdale constitution series, independence hall, james madison, nebraska constitution, original national anthem america, originalism, originalism and the constitution, philadelphia constitutional convention, primary source documents, progressives, progressivism, signing of the constitution, study of constitution, study of history, truth painting, u.s. history, we the people

GiN Series Refuting the Flawed July 4th Article on the Founders

Originally published July 13, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 13, 2010. Leave a Comment

GiN Series Refuting the Flawed July 4th Article on the Founders

We’ve recently posted a series inspired by a Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Part One: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” Part one points out that the author of the LJS article attempts to appear unbiased, yet he adopts a very […]

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Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

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