The Forgotten Foundations - How We Got Here, and Why It Still Matters

In the chaos of modern America—culture wars, political gridlock, collapsing institutions—it’s easy to forget we were never meant to function this way. The noise of today distracts us from the clarity of yesterday. The founders of this nation didn’t leave us a blank slate or a vague suggestion. They left a framework—detailed, deliberate, and rooted in enduring truths.

This blog series, The Forgotten Foundations, is about revisiting that framework. Not to admire it from a distance, but to reclaim it. We’ll walk through the key documents, debates, and decisions that shaped the Republic—beginning with the Declaration of Independence and ending with a hard look at what we've lost, and what we can still recover.

Why post this? Because I believe the average American no longer knows—or cares to know—how their own government is supposed to work. Because we can’t defend freedoms we don’t understand. And because restoring any semblance of national unity or direction requires first returning to the blueprints.

You’ll hear from the Founders in their own words. You’ll read why the Constitution was written as it was—not as a “living document,” but as a firm foundation. You’ll see how the Bill of Rights isn’t a list of permissions, but a line drawn in the sand. And you’ll see how modern dysfunction was not just predictable—it was predicted.

This is not nostalgia. This is recovery. These essays are meant to equip readers—teachers, parents, voters, and students—with the intellectual ammunition needed to push back against cultural amnesia. To draw the line. To remember who we were meant to be.

If you’ve ever asked, “How did we get here?”—this series is your answer.

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