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The talk begins at 1pm ET on February 22, 2021.

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OLLI at FIU and One Day University are excited to partner in bringing you fascinating lifelong learning opportunities.

To kick off our partnership, we are inviting you to join us for a free presentation: The Constitution with Professor Andrew Porwancher on February 22 at 1 pm ET.

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The Constitution: Enduring Myths and Hidden Truths

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Andrew Porwancher / University of Oklahoma

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Amid the heat of a Philadelphia summer in 1787, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention gathered to save a fledgling republic whose very existence was mired in doubt. Americans had waged a bloody war against their mother country a decade earlier to win their independence. Now, as the delegates debated the contours of a new frame of government, they were all too aware that if they failed, the people might once again take up arms. At this pivotal moment in history, the delegates drafted a Constitution that endures today as the oldest surviving national charter still in effect anywhere in the world.

But what did the framers really mean? Did they intend the Establishment Clause to merely ban a national religion or completely separate church and state? Was the Second Amendment designed to protect the rights of individuals or just militias? Were the framers unanimously in favor of allowing only men to vote, or were there some who felt differently? How much do we actually know about what transpired in Independence Hall? What myths were later invented and accepted as law? The surprising answers to these questions matter, not only for uncovering the truth about our history but for rethinking the laws that govern our lives today.

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Andrew Porwancher is the Wick Cary Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches constitutional history. The Ernest May Fellow at Harvard this academic year, Professor Porwancher previously held the Horne Fellowship at Oxford and the Garwood Fellowship at Princeton. Dr. Porwancher also is the recipient of the Longmire Prize for innovative teaching. His newest book, The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, will be published in 2021 by Princeton University Press. His first book, The Devil Himself, is currently being adapted for the stage at a theater company in Dublin.

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Take advantage of our Gold or Silver membership packages and receive an annual subscription to One Day University at no additional cost.

If you’re not quite ready to become a Gold or Silver member, this partnership also benefits OLLI at FIU members by offering the opportunity to purchase an annual subscription to One Day University at a discounted rate.

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