The people and moments that made America exceptional, and what they ask of us now.
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On September 25, 1789, Congress sent 12 amendments to the states; ten would become the Bill of Rights and set the stage for the flourishing of individual liberty in the United States.
A House, Not a Hope. 
The Heroes of Flight 93 
The Defiant Twelve and the Birth of the First Amendment 
The Dignity That Makes Argument Possible 
Refusing to Live by Lies 
The Ledger of Liberty 
General George Washington and Power Constrained by Duty 
The Long Walk That Saved Washington’s Army 
The Midnight Ride of Caesar Rodney 
“Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land” 
How Fresh Eyes Restore the Hope of America 
The Limping Lady from Maryland Who Defied Nazi Tyranny 
The Wounded Boy Who Defied an Empire 
The Quiet Greatness of a Nation 
Lt. John Robert Fox and the Stories That Keep a Nation Free 
The Men Who Bring Them Home 
Ira Hayes, Johnny Cash, and America’s Eternal Debt of Gratitude 
Maynard “Snuffy” Smith and the Fire in the Sky 
Dr. Joseph Warren and the Call of Liberty 
The Day Before the Shot Heard Round the World 
The Spark of Liberty at the Foot of the Cross 
John Hart and the Quiet Courage that Built America 
Thomas Nelson Jr. and the Cost of Liberty 
Dreams that Exceed the Stars There’s no AMAC Yesteryear newsletter yet. New installments of Echoes of Exceptionalism appear here and on AMAC Yesteryear.
