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*"Why Memorial Day?" A Discussion and Book Forum on What So Proudly We Hail: The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song * *Wednesday, May 25 4:30 - 6:30 PM* *Please note this event will be held at AEI* American public life requires citizens who know who they are as Americans, who are knowledgeably attached to their country and communities, and who possess the character--the attitudes, sensibilities, and virtues--necessary for robust civic participation*. **What So Proudly We Hail*<http://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/>, edited by Amy and Leon Kass and Diana Schaub, seeks to help form such citizens, using the soul-shaping possibilities of American short stories, political speeches, and songs. Making citizens, like building character generally, requires educating the moral imagination and sentiments, and developing fitting habits of the heart--matters both displayed in and nurtured by our great works of imaginative literature and rhetoric. The readings collected in *What So Proudly We Hail* shed light on our civic character and ways, encourage thoughtful patriotic attachment, and elicit timeless aspirations for civic improvement--always with an eye on our founding commitment to freedom and equality. Several selections in the anthology deal with the importance of civic holidays for the perpetuation of our institutions and the attachment of our citizens. This forum will introduce the book with a discussion of the meaning and importance of Memorial Day, a holiday first instituted to honor those who died in the Civil War defending the Union. The point of departure for our discussion will be a reading of "In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire <http://www.aei.org/docLib/Holmes-speech.pdf>," by Civil War veteran and Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., delivered as a defense of Memorial Day on May 30, 1884. Panelists will then discuss the speech and the meaning of Memorial Day today. *SCHEDULE* 4:15 PM *Registration* 4:30 PM *Panelists: *Command Sergeant Major *Michael T. Hall*, US Army (Ret.) *Amy A. Kass*, Hudson Institute *William Kristol*, *The Weekly Standard *The Honorable *John McCain (R-AZ)*, U.S. Senate *Diana Schaub*, Loyola University Maryland *Moderator: **Leon R. Kass*, M.D., AEI 6:30 PM Adjournment ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** * <http://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/>* *To RSVP, please click here <http://www.aei.org/event/100418>.* *American Enterprise Institute Wohlstetter Conference Center 1150 17th Street, N.W. 12th Floor **Washington, D.C. 20036* *For more information please contact Cheryl Miller at [email protected]* CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT HUDSON.<http://newsletter.hudson-institute.org/js/t/1176617/90748> This email communication was sent by Hudson Institute - 1015 15th Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 You have received this because you are subscribed to our list with your e-mail address: [email protected] Remove yourself from this mailing<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=foJJISNxFfJGJ0K&s=fuIQIaPQLbLSJ8PTIwF&m=hkLXL9OTKmJSLfL> . -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
