Founding Fathers

Illustration by LEZLIE SOKOLIK/Weber County Library

An American story: 'Weber Reads the Founders and their Documents'

Many cities around the country have book discussion groups, but Weber Reads is unlike most of those, according to volunteer coordinator Margaret Rostkowski.

For one thing, she says, Ogden is the ideal city because it is small enough that a lot of people know each other, yet large enough to have resources such as Weber State University.

Founding Fathers patriots or pirates?

Thoughts of studying the Founding Fathers might conjure up images of stuffy men in powdered wigs drafting scholarly documents rather than rogue pirates sporting eye patches and engaging in sword fights.

But Lynnda Wangsgard, director of the Weber County Library System, saw a connection between the roots of democracy and the pirate code -- which was a more democratic system than most might suppose.

"Many of the stereotypes are not true. The way (pirates) ran things is probably a big surprise to most," Wangsgard said.

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