Gather to learn about the history of the First Amendment and its importance to the library from David O. Stewart, author of the Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. With recent pressures on school and public libraries to limit access to written works, this talk presents the opportunity to step back and consider the ideas and history surrounding the freedom of speech in America. 

After many years as a trial and appellate lawyer who tried free speech cases and has written books about the birth of the Constitution and its role in our national life, David O. Stewart became a bestselling writer of history and historical fiction. His histories have explored the writing of the Constitution, the gifts of James Madison, the outrageous western expedition and treason trial of the mysterious Aaron Burr, and the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. His histories have won the Washington Writing Award for best book of the year, the History Prize of the Society of the Cincinnati, and the William H. Prescott Award of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Find David and more of his work online at davidostewart.com