About this episode

The episode explores the ordinary places where Americans learned the habits essential for self-government.

Send us Fan Mail The American Front Porch – Episode 1: The Fence Somewhere in your memory... there's a fence. Maybe it was painted white. Maybe it was barbed wire. Maybe it stood behind a Little League ball field or along a gravel road that led home. This isn't really a story about fences. It's a story about the ordinary places where Americans learned the habits that make self-government possible—responsibility, stewardship, neighborliness, and citizenship. The American Front Porch is a new s...

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Host: Tony Michaels

Topics covered

• self-government
• responsibility
• citizenship
• neighborliness
• American culture

Keywords

• fence
• American Front Porch
• self-government
• citizenship
• responsibility

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