Citizenship Declaration - Group D (Powell House)
Draft "Declaration of Citizenship in the 21st Century," in association with Dialogues in Democracy: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Presented for Debate in the House of Burgesses,...
View ArticleOne Nation/Two Nations
“…one nation under God, indivisible…”Can you pledge allegiance to the flags of two nations and still be a loyal U.S. citizen? WNBA player Becky Hammon takes Russian citizenship so she can play on the...
View ArticleFlag Day Naturalization Ceremony - Part 1
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation welcomed nearly 100 new citizens during the inaugural Flag Day Naturalization Ceremony Saturday, June 14 on Courthouse Green in Williamsburg, Va. The U.S....
View ArticleWhat is a citizen?
What makes you a citizen? Is it more than a birthright? iCitizenForum spoke with educators Terrence Guay, Penn State University; Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota; Jim Davis, Social Science...
View ArticleEnlightened Citizenship and Divisive Argument
“Enlightened citizen” is redundant; a citizen understands the aesthetics of issues, according to Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota. Find out what he, Terrence Guay, Penn State University, and...
View ArticleCreating Better Citizens
Being a citizen is part of your identity. Mike Hartoonian, University of Minnesota, says that wealth, knowledge and justice are all a part of citizenship. But his definitions of those terms may be...
View ArticleGordon Wood on citizenship and bipartisan government
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon Wood's idea of citizenship is one of equality. And the Brown University history professor says today’s partisanship government isn’t any worse than it was in the...
View ArticleAmerica's values are derived from American history
Noted American Civil War historian James McPherson says American citizens subscribe to values derived from American history. The Princeton University professor emeritus thinks freedom, equality and...
View ArticleAmerica's values are derived from American history
Noted American Civil War historian James McPherson says American citizens subscribe to values derived from American history. The Princeton University professor emeritus thinks freedom, equality and...
View ArticleScience and Citizenship
The nexus between science and citizenship may not be obvious. What good does it do a citizen to know about dark energy and dark matter, and the difference between them? Or that we live in four...
View ArticleBecoming a citizen
Welcome to the nearly 100 new American citizens who participated in the June 15, 2009 Naturalization Ceremony at Colonial Williamsburg. We'd like to know your thoughts about becoming a naturalized...
View ArticleWelcoming new citizens
Colonial Williamsburg -- Flag Day, June 14, 2010, commemorates the adoption of the United States flag. For others, it also celebrates a new group of American citizens who will recite the Oath of...
View ArticleWhat's the 'Deal' on U.S. citizenship?
Some folks do not spend a lot of time thinking about the cache that comes with U.S. citizenship. So, it’s understandable that when some people do, they conclude that it ought not apply to just anyone....
View ArticleJohn F. Kennedy's legacy
It was 50 years ago today that John F. Kennedy said “Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.” He used this phrase in his 1961 presidential inauguration address...
View ArticleA New Year resolution to become a better citizen
Among all the New Year resolutions we make to start 2013 — quitting the smokes, losing weight, reducing credit card use and the like — we might consider resolving to become better citizens.Some of that...
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