Continuing the Conversation: Presidential History

What do you think shapes a presidential legacy? How should presidents be best remembered? Is a presidential biography identical to  presidential history? What can we learn about the place of presidents in our historical memory from the ways that we memorialize and study them?

Do you agree with Connolly that historians should satisfy demand, not ignore it? To what other historical subjects might that apply, other than presidential history?

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