Eight Books About the Complicated History of U.S. Citizenship

Eight Books About the Complicated History of U.S. Citizenship

In his farewell letter in September 1796, President George Washington repeatedly addressed his “fellow-citizens” as he informed them he would not be seeking an additional term as president. Washington knew that the union which he had served as the first president of was fragile, and he used the concept of citizenship to encourage those reading to aspire to a higher, unified ideal of America that would “concentrate your affections” over local div…