Jackson Center to host speaker June 26
Professor Helen Knowles-Gardner, research director at the Institute for Free Speech, will speak Friday, June 26, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center. Her presentation will address what it means to be patriotic as part of the center’s 25 Years of Asking Questions lecture series. From flag-waving to flag-burning, Americans have long debated whether patriotism requires obedience or allows for dissent. Inspired by West Virginia v. Barnette, the June 26 program explores competing visions of patriotism and the role of free expression in a democratic society. In his ...
