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Hey there, folks.

Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show.

I'm Eric Metaxus, and this is the show.

I have, as my guest, someone I'm particularly excited to talk with.

His name is Scott Powell.

I met him a few times over the years.

The most recent he was telling me about a book he was completing.

And I thought that book is totally up my alley.

I hope you finish that book quickly so you can come on my program to talk

about it. The book is called Rediscovering America, how the national holidays tell an amazing

story about who we are. Scott Powell, congratulations on the book, and welcome to the program.

Thank you very much, Eric. It's a pleasure.

This is right up my alley. I've talked about this over the years in a number of my books, wherever I go.

The idea that in a culture, you have to celebrate things. It's not the sort of thing that really can be mandated by law.

I mean, you can say that we have a holiday,

but people have to really understand the meaning behind it.

It's just part of the warp and woof of a culture, of a people.

And you've basically written a book about that. So first of all, tell us,

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