In this short bonus episode, Rachel Helvering, the Executive Director of the James K. Polk Home & Museum in Columbia, Tennessee, shares an artifact that she thinks the Founding Fathers couldn't have envisioned.

This episode is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.