McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum

435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
United States

(312) 222-4860; infofreedommuseum.us

Web site: http://www.freedommuseum.us/

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Description: The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum is the nation's first museum dedicated to freedom and the First Amendment.

Opening its doors on April 11, 2006, the Freedom Museum inspires generations to understand, value and protect freedom. Through interactive exploration, visitors gain a greater understanding of the struggle for freedom in the United States and the role of the First Amendment plays in our daily lives.

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Upcoming events

DICK CLEMENS (September 18 at 6:00pm)

Dick Clemens discusses Rescuing America:The Bipartisan Path.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) SYNOPSIS: Rescuing America:The Bipartisan Path introduces many of America's serious and compelling issues like Social Security, Energy and Medicaid to the table for discussion along with identifying solutions. ... (more)With the national debt rising at the rate of $40 million each hour, Rescuing America is a compelling read for anyone who is concerned about the unsustainable trajectory of mounting federal spending and the potential financial catastrophe that our nation faces in the years ahead.

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Free Thinkers Series: NAOMI WOLF (September 23 at 6:00pm)

Naomi Wolf discusses Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) Naomi Wolf, Yale graduate and Oxford University Rhodes Scholar is the author of several books. Her first The Beauty Myth was an international bestseller. Her most recent book, Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for ... (more)American Revolutionaries , Ms. Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founding fathers intended. She tells us how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community and ultimately, the nation.

Event location: Harold Washington Library, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605

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Past events

First Amendment Dialogue with Anthony Lewis (May 1 at 6:00pm)

Anthony Lewis discusses Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment is the latest book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Anthony Lewis. Lewis’ book traces the origins of the First Amendment making ... (more)a case for the importance of freedom of expression, even speech we “hate”. As Americans, we are privileged with more freedom of speech rights than any other country. We are free to say and write what we think. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution. While Lewis strongly defends the right to free speech he also recognizes that the same right to speak freely can be in direct conflict with equally basic rights such as the right to privacy or justice. What better location to engage in a First Amendment discuss than the Freedom Museum whose mission is to educate the public on their First Amendment rights?

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Randall Balmer (June 5 at 6:00pm)

Randall Balmer discusses God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) Join us as historian/author Randall Balmer, journalist Tim McNulty and Interfaith Youth Core Representative Hind Makki discuss the role religion in the White House and this year’s presidential elections. In ... (more)Balmer’s newly released book God In the White House he examines the religious affiliations of several presidents from the last half of the 20th Century. Join us as we debate the question of “Has politics and government maintained a separation of church and state?”

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Lucinda Franks (June 9 at 6:00pm)

Lucinda Franks discusses My Father's Secret War: A Memoir.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) Journalist Lucinda Franks was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1971. While assisting her father sort out his possessions after an eviction from his apartment, Lucinda discovers ... (more)a carton of strange memorabilia from World War II. Using her investigative talents, she uncovers a surprising history surrounding her father’s secret life as a special operative during World War II. Although this book is classified as a memoir it reads like a dramatic, gripping mystery with sentimental touches as a daughter rediscovers the man who was her father. My Father’s Secret War was one of five finalists for the 2007 Borders Best Original Voices Award for non-fiction. Donald and Keifer Sutherland have optioned the book for a movie.

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Gene Healy (June 19 at 6:00pm)

Gene Healy discusses The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Presidential Power.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) James Pinkerton (Newsday columnist and former assistant to presidents Regan and GW Bush) writes—“Where did the Imperial Presidency come from? The Founders intended for the American President to be deferential ... (more)to Congress, which is why they put the legislative branch ahead of the executive branch in the Constitution. So what happened?” In Gene Healy’s book, The Cult of the Presidency, America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power he argues the presidency needs to be reigned in, its powers checked and supervised and its wartime authority put back under the oversight of Congress and the courts.

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9/11 & the Constitution Graphic Novel Adaptations: SID JACOBSON, ERNIE COLON and JONATHAN HENNESSEY (October 30 at 6:00pm)

Sid Jacobson discusses The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation.; Ernie Colon discusses The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation.; Jonathan Hennessey discusses The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation.

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) Two acclaimed graphic novelists have made The 9/11 Commission Report understandable for everyone. The award-winning, bestselling graphic novel team of Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón use all their considerable ... (more)talents to explain the post-9/11 world. Working from news reports drawn from multiple international media, Jacobson and Colón depict the critical events, decision makers, and consequences of America’s “war on terror,” and, most important, the context in which the war began, unfolded, and unraveled. Jonathan Hennessy’s novel The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation uses the art of illustrated storytelling to breathe life into our nation’s cornerstone principles.

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Free Thinkers Series: JAMES McPHERSON (November 10 at 6:00pm)

James McPherson discusses Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief .

Admission: Free (Reservations required. Register online or call 312-222-7871 to RSVP.) James McPherson’s latest book, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief offers insight into Lincoln’s leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Abraham Lincoln arrived ... (more)at the White House with no military experience and quickly established himself as the greatest commander in chief in American history. McPherson illuminates this often misunderstood and profoundly influential aspect of Lincoln’s legacy. McPherson believes Lincoln invented the idea of commander in chief since neither the Constitution nor existing legislation specified how the president ought to declare war or dictate strategy.

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