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What David McCullough Wanted Congress to Hear About History

What David McCullough Wanted Congress to Hear About History

Update: 2025-09-04
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On this episode of Our American Stories, on March 2, 1989, David McCullough stood before a joint session of Congress with a simple message: the past matters now more than ever. He spoke not as a pundit but as a poet of history, urging lawmakers to remember that their actions would one day be judged as part of our national story. In a rich narrative style, McCullough wove together images of a handcrafted clock in the Capitol and the courage of past legislators to remind his audience that history watches.

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What David McCullough Wanted Congress to Hear About History

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