Alexander Hamilton: The man who imagined America | LIVE EVENT

On July 9, Lin-Manuel Miranda will step down from the title role in his fantastically successful hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” of which he is creator, lyricist, librettist, and star. Miranda was inspired to write about this essential architect of our nation by reading Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton. We at AEI were fortunate when Chernow came to AEI in the fall of 2004, shortly after the book’s publication, to deliver a lecture titled “Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Imagined America.” Chernow told the audience that it was fitting that he give this lecture at AEI because Hamilton was the “most enterprising of early Americans and, more than anyone else created the public and private institutions to spur American enterprise.” This sentiment is echoed by Miranda’s Hamilton: “Just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry, and I’m not throwing away my shot.” The life of Alexander Hamilton was the most dramatic and improbable among the Founding Fathers, second only in importance to that of George Washington. In his lecture, Ron Chernow will narrate many of the dramatic moments that transformed this brilliant, orphaned, illegitimate young man from the Caribbean into the aide-de-camp to George Washington, the chief author of The Federalist Papers, and the first secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Chernow will also argue that Hamilton had the most prescient view of the ultimate shape of the American political system and of our economic and financial future. Subscribe to AEI's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AEIVideo... Like us on Facebook Facebook: AEIonline Follow us on Twitter Twitter: AEI For more information http://www.aei.org Third-party photos, graphics, and video clips in this video may have been cropped or reframed. Music in this video may have been recut from its original arrangement and timing. In the event this video uses Creative Commons assets: If not noted in the description, titles for Creative Commons assets used in this video can be found at the link provided after each asset. The use of third-party photos, graphics, video clips, and/or music in this video does not constitute an endorsement from the artists and producers licensing those materials. AEI operates independently of any political party and does not take institutional positions on any issues. AEI scholars, fellows, and their guests frequently take positions on policy and other issues. When they do, they speak for themselves and not for AEI or its trustees or other scholars or employees. More information on AEI research integrity can be found here: http://www.aei.org/about/ #news #politics #government #education