What is the story of American freedom? What is the paradox at its heart vexing us from the start and into tomorrow? How many ways has it been defined? Who did the defining? Who did it include; who did it exclude? What does freedom mean? What does liberty mean? What is the American Creed and what truths did Franklin – yes, Franklin, not Jefferson – say were “self-evident”? What is Lincoln’s government “of the people, by the people, for the people”? What is American exceptionalism? American universalism? And why did Thomas Paine say “We have it to begin the world anew”. What does it mean to be “as a City Upon a Hill”? What is Manifest Destiny? Why did American’s think it their moral duty to make the world safe for democracy, to be evangelists for democracy, freedom and liberty? What are FDR’s Four Freedoms?

The story of American Freedom at Home & Abroad abounds with fundamental questions and unforgettable characters as Americans continue to answer Crevecoeur’s ‘What is this American’?